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-19173
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17470 by Humza Yousaf on 25 July 2018, by what date the findings of the independent deliverability assessment will be published.
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Question reference: S5O-02471
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reach the 60% target of frontline staff immunised with the flu vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-18692
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on making all work produced by consultants in relation to the merger of British Transport Police and Police Scotland publicly available, and when it plans to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-18841
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18239 whether it will answer the question that was asked in terms of how much it estimates the Police Scotland Digital, Data and ICT strategy will cost.
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Question reference: S5W-18576
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when its proposal to implement Finn’s Law, to establish a specific criminal offence of attacking or killing a service animal, will come into effect, and whether its plans for the legislation will (a) include treating these animals as sentient beings and (b) recognise the dangerous work that these animals can undertake.
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Question reference: S5W-18693
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, by what procurement or other process it identified and recruited Ernst & Young as the best organisation to provide "Programme Management Support" and "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis".
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Question reference: S5W-18694
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, by what procurement or other process it identified and recruited the independent consultant as the best person to provide work in relation to the merger of British Transport Police and Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-18695
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, (a) for how many days and (b) over what time period Ernst & Young will be engaged, and how many staff/contractors/personnel it is providing for this work.
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Question reference: S5W-18690
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, whether it will provide a breakdown of the work produced by Ernst & Young in relation to (a) "Programme Management Support" and (b) "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis".
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Question reference: S5W-18691
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, who the independent consultant engaged through Harvey Nash Recruitment is, and what work they (a) have done and (b) will do.
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