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
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Question reference: S6W-11042
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, with reference to the further stakeholder engagement referred to on page 6 of the Ferry Services Procurement Policy, Review
Interim Report - Emerging Findings, published on 20 December 2017, how many (a) passengers, (b) businesses and (c) local communities on the Clyde and Hebrides ferry network were consulted by Transport Scotland as part of that work.
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Question reference: S6W-11048
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions regarding public ferry contracts it has had with private operators in Scotland since 1 October 2016, and when the last such meeting took place.
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Question reference: S6W-11043
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it made of the time required to complete the public consultation phase of the (a) draft National Islands Plan, (b) recommendations from Project Neptune and (c) procurement of the next Clyde and Hebrides ferry services contract.
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Question reference: S6W-11049
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether Ernst and Young consulted Transport Scotland on the (a) international and (b) domestic benchmarks used in Project Neptune’s Strategic Framework of Options for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CFHS) network.
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Question reference: S6W-11041
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that ScotRail's commitment to increase the number of apprenticeships tenfold from the 22 positions in March 2021 by 2025 will be honoured.
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Question reference: S6W-11047
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 30 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when its subsidy control unit was set up, and what the estimated (a) annual budget and (b) headcount is for (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-11045
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 29 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10550 by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2022, whether it has made a specific assessment of the impact that the UK Government’s new subsidy control legislation will have on the Scottish Government’s powers to specify and deliver public contracts for ferry services in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-11046
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 29 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10550 by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2022, when it last met its counterparts in the UK Government to discuss the impact of the new subsidy control regime on (a) workers and (b) public services in Scotland, and whether it will provide a list of the Scottish Government officials who attended.
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Question reference: S6W-11044
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 29 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10550 by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2022, whether it has raised with the UK Government the reported concerns held by trade unions in Scotland regarding the impact of a new subsidy control regime on workers delivering public transport contracts held by the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-10550
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the (a) use and (b) control of public subsidy in Scotland.