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: S6W-12167
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any Barnett consequential funding received in 2022-23 remains unspent.
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Question reference: S6W-12165
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish a breakdown of where the reallocated funds announced by the Deputy First Minister in the Emergency Budget Review have been, or will be, spent.
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Question reference: S6W-12168
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the amount that it anticipates it will carry forward within the Scotland Reserve from 2022-23 to 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-12163
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it did not include a full breakdown of the destination of the £1.175 billion of in-year funding reallocations, which were announced by the Deputy First Minister in September and November 2022, in the 2022-23 Autumn Budget Revision.
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Question reference: S6W-12164
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates additional funding will be needed for public sector pay settlements in 2022-23 beyond the £714 million that the Deputy First Minister announced as part of the Emergency Budget Review.
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Question reference: S6O-01617
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has engaged in discussions or research about the feasibility of vertical farming in Scotland’s cities.
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Question reference: S6W-12080
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it received from the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland in relation to proposed regulations about pavement parking exemptions.
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Question reference: S6W-11882
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to allow the removal of any freeze on apprenticeship places and budgets at Skills Development Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-11605
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress in developing an Agriculture Bill, and when it expects a Bill to be introduced.
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