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: S4W-24585
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the projected passenger fare revenues will be in each year of the 2016 to 2024 contract for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services and whether bidders for the contract will be entitled to revenue support from the Scottish Government under specified circumstances.
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Question reference: S4W-24730
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that, when (a) it and (b) its regulated public bodies operate on a per-capita funding basis, the challenges of geography are taken into consideration so that this does have not a negative impact on remote or rural areas.
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Question reference: S4W-24582
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the availability of translators in Mandarin in the civil or criminal justice court system.
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Question reference: S4W-24580
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place to ensure that the civil or criminal justice court system does not place at a disadvantage people who do not have a sufficient understanding of English.
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Question reference: S4W-24581
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether people accessing the civil or criminal justice court system who require a translator have equal access to such a service regardless of location, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4W-24655
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government on how many instances involving children under 16 police officers have (a) drawn and (b) discharged a Taser in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S4W-24411
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has had discussions with the Ministry of Defence regarding whether military traffic levels have contributed to the reported increase of marine mammal strandings off the west coast.
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Question reference: S4W-24412
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency regarding the reported increase in marine mammal strandings off the west coast and the factors that might have contributed to these.
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Question reference: S4O-04045
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation was paid out by Police Scotland and its predecessor service in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S4W-24305
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Pentland on 18 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S4O-03697 by David Stewart on 13 November 2014 (Official Report, c.33), whether it has now received a response from the trustees of the pension scheme and, if so, whether it will publish this.