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-22168
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its publication, Developing Information on Hate Crime Recorded by the Police in Scotland, does not include information on the (a) location of the crime or offence, (b) relevant date, (c) method of reporting the incident and (d) number of previous incidents reported by the victim/complainer, as previously available in the report, Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-22142
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons were learned from the storm in January 2005, which led to fatalities at the causeway linking South Uist and Benbecula, including what action has been taken and contingencies put in place to reduce the risk of similar accidents at that site.
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Question reference: S5W-21950
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment regarding the extension to the Air Discount Scheme announced on 5 March 2019.
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Question reference: S5F-03157
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to the reported increasing number of drug deaths.
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Question reference: S5W-21731
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform to the Member of 18 February 2019, whether the Scottish Government will set out a timeline, including an expected deadline, for the phasing out of lead shot used by Scottish Natural Heritage.
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Question reference: S5W-21327
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21130 by Michael Matheson on 29 January 2019, whether it will break down the 2,131 stop-skipping incidences by station affected.
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Question reference: S5W-21134
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20892 by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2019, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what its position is on whether the response to question S5W-20663 met the commitment set out at paragraph 1.3 (d) of the Scottish Ministerial Code.
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Question reference: S5W-21129
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many ScotRail Service Quality Incentive Regime (SQUIRE) audits were carried out in 2018; how many failures were recorded, broken down by type of failure, and what the total financial penalty was.
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Question reference: S5W-21130
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of stop-skipping were recorded on ScotRail services in 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-20892
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20663 by Fergus Ewing on 10 January 2019, for what reason the response did not address the information being sought regarding ministers’ views on the issue and not those of Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), and what its position is on whether the information that was provided met the commitment set out at paragraph 1.3 (d) of the Scottish Ministerial Code, which states that "Ministers should be as open as possible with the Parliament and the public, reflecting the aspirations set out in the Report of the Consultative Steering Group on the Scottish Parliament”.
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