Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-24632
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Interventions for Vulnerable Youth service is no longer accepting referrals, what will happen to (a) existing and (b) new referrals.
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Question reference: S5W-24631
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been referred to the Interventions for Vulnerable Youth service in each year since its inception.
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Question reference: S5W-24697
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it makes available to rural and island communities to encourage them to access funding from the Rural and Islands Housing Funds.
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Question reference: S5W-24696
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of comments by Rural Housing Scotland, what steps it is taking to remove the "substantial barriers" to communities using funding from the Rural and Islands Housing Funds.
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Question reference: S5W-24698
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Orkney Islands Council since 2016 regarding the delivery of more affordable homes in Orkney.
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Question reference: S5W-24694
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made with its aim to build 100 new homes by 2021 through the Islands Housing Fund, and how much of the £5 million funding has been used since 2016 to meet this aim.
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Question reference: S5W-24695
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £5 million for the Islands Housing Fund has been spent in Orkney since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-24693
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the Islands Housing Fund there have been from Orkney since 2016, and how many of these applications have been (a) completed, (b) approved, (c) withdrawn and (d) not approved.
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Question reference: S5W-24571
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the roles and settings included in the "other settings" category of the quarterly performance updates for action 15 of the mental health strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-24496
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19491 by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2018, what progress it has made with Police Scotland to reduce the harm caused by online crime in Orkney since November 2018.