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-04745
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Emergency Measures Agreements that were put in place in 2020 will remain in place or be withdrawn when ScotRail is nationalised.
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Question reference: S6W-04741
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent to date on external recruitment in relation to the nationalisation of ScotRail, and what it estimates the ongoing spend on external recruitment will be in each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-04742
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the total cost will be of the ScotRail nationalisation rebrand, and whether this rebrand will be completed by a contractor or undertaken by ScotRail or the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-04740
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to attract new workers to the ScotRail franchise.
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Question reference: S6O-00498
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, A Vision for Scotland's Railways, produced for Scotland's rail unions.
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Question reference: S6F-00526
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 December 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Union Connectivity Review.
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Question reference: S6W-03778
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will update the guidance for international school and educational visits, which was due to be reviewed at the end of August 2021, in order to bring it in line with the current framework for international travel.
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Question reference: S6W-03432
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02205 by Michael Matheson on 8 September 2021, when it will publish details of the projects that it will fund from the £33 billion National Infrastructure Mission, and for what reason Annex D (Major Projects and Programmes for reporting to Public Audit and Post Legislative Scrutiny Committee) of the document, A National Mission with Local Impact: Infrastructure Investment Plan for Scotland 2021-22 to 2025-26, lists less than £15 billion worth of projects.
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Question reference: S6W-03220
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many diesel buses will have to be replaced to meet the 2023 net-zero target.
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