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: S5W-07514
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce legislation regarding legal recognition for non-binary genders.
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Question reference: S5W-06467
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) total rateable value of businesses in each (i) local authority area and (ii) sector has been in each of the last 10 years, and will be in 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5T-00412
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that one-in-10 training places are going unfilled, what action it is taking to encourage more people into teaching.
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Question reference: S5O-00714
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the implementation of section 179 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 regarding disabled access.
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Question reference: S5W-06824
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the quarterly figures were for (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeship (i) starts, (ii) numbers in training, (iii) achievements and (iv) redundancies in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06825
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeships have been started in each of the last five years by people who were (i) 12 to 15, (ii) 16 to 19, (iii) 20 to 24 and (iv) over 25 years old.
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Question reference: S5W-06829
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeships have been started in each of the last five years by people who self declared as disabled.
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Question reference: S5W-06722
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government where the Commissioner for Fair Access will work, and what the cost of this will be.
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Question reference: S5W-06719
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff the Commissioner for Fair Access has and, of these, how many are (a) full-time equivalent and (b) secondments from the Scottish Government or its agencies, broken down by salary range.
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Question reference: S5W-06721
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what staffing support it will make available to the Commissioner for Fair Access.
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