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-11801
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart (on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body): on 18 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what it is doing to publicise the (a) work, (b) meetings and (c) video archive footage of committees and to make it more accessible online to the general public.
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Question reference: S4W-11854
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 16 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people in Scotland under 25 are in receipt of housing benefit and how many of them have dependent children.
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Question reference: S4O-01651
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Aberdeen City Council to discuss infrastructure investment.
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Question reference: S4W-11725
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether running a set number of buses per hour is an allowed alternative to setting timetables.
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Question reference: S4W-11723
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what powers it has in relation to the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-11726
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what leeway the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland gives to bus operators that experience delays due to circumstances outwith their control.
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Question reference: S4W-11724
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what powers it has in relation to setting fines for bus companies.
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Question reference: S4W-11722
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what fines can be imposed on bus companies in respect of services not running on time.
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Question reference: S4W-11721
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many fines the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland has issued to bus companies in the last year.
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Question reference: S4O-01643
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council regarding the proposed third Don crossing.