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: S6W-27041
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding recommendation 6 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), how much has been spent on (a) active travel infrastructure and (b) behaviour change initiatives since 2012.
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Question reference: S6W-27043
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding recommendation 8 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), what proportion of children currently travel actively to get to school, and how this has changed since STPR2 was adopted.
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Question reference: S6W-27050
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the delivery of recommendation 13 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) to date, and what any funding has been used for.
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Question reference: S6W-27036
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many village to town routes have been funded under recommendation 3 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), and what proportion of the total possible routes this represents.
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Question reference: S6W-27040
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding recommendation 6 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), what the timescale is for (a) allocating and (b) spending the travel behaviour change grant funding by Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs).
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Question reference: S6W-27039
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding recommendation 6 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), what behaviour change theory underpins the criteria under which Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) must allocate projects in the current financial year's funding settlement for behaviour change, and (a) how and (b) by whom selection of these criteria was determined.
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Question reference: S6W-27049
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the delivery of recommendation 13 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
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Question reference: S6W-27044
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools have participated in active travel behaviour change projects aimed at delivering recommendation 8 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), and what proportion of schools in Scotland this represents.
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Question reference: S6W-27045
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring is undertaken to understand how active travel behaviours supported at primary school continue into secondary school.
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Question reference: S6W-27037
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated for projects under recommendation 4 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), and where these projects are.
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