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-23071
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Minister for Veterans has received a request under rule 9 of the Inquiry Rules 2006 for evidence regarding any WhatsApp messages and informal communications with cabinet secretaries, ministers, senior civil servants or advisers, on Scottish Government-issued or personal devices, in relation to matters for which he had responsibility in his former role as Minister for Transport between May 2021 and January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-23181
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills has provided any messages to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, and, if so, how many.
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Question reference: S6O-02855
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to reduce the number of missed appointments in the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-22892
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 29 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether work has begun on its Innovation Funding Review, in light of its National Innovation Strategy stating that this will be completed by the end of 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-22919
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the next round of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund will be announced.
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Question reference: S6F-02577
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2023
To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government will publish the results of the A96 Corridor Review.
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Question reference: S6W-22884
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which bodies have been contacted or consulted regarding the development of a national digital academy.
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Question reference: S6W-22891
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland’s universities will receive the full £5.8 million in regional innovation funding, as announced by the UK Government on 3 October 2023 as Scotland’s share of the UK-wide funding for the initiative, which universities in England are receiving directly via Research England.
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Question reference: S6W-22888
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) has carried out and (b) is undertaking any progress reports on the development of a national digital academy, and, if so, where they are published.
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Question reference: S6W-22885
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22502 by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023, whether it will provide the information requested regarding what the total cost has been to date of its development of a national digital academy, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.
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