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: S5O-01630
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of integrated smart ticketing on public transport.
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Question reference: S5W-13095
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12576 by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2017, whether it will provide an update on how the £20 million of funding for alcohol and drugs treatment will be allocated.
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Question reference: S5O-01582
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to calls for an independent audit of the child and adolescent mental health services in NHS Forth Valley.
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Question reference: S5W-12963
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce contactless payments across all ScotRail services.
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Question reference: S5W-12961
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up rate has been of the ScotRail Smartcard; when it will be rolled out across all routes; what it considers the advantages of the card are, and how the services that it offers compare with the Oyster Card in London and other similar cards across the UK.
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Question reference: S5O-01567
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what consideration it is giving to the provision of universal free access to sanitary products.
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Question reference: S5W-12962
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, how many smartcards a person would need to travel by bus, rail, ferry, subway and tram.
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Question reference: S5F-01705
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2017
To ask the First Minister, in light of it being Alcohol Awareness Week, whether she will provide an update on what action the Scottish Government is taking to reduce alcohol harm.
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Question reference: S5W-12228
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Scottish Health Survey finding that up to 51,000 children live with a parent or guardian whose alcohol use is problematic.
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Question reference: S5W-12229
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the reported increasing rates of alcohol-related mortality.
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