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-04826
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs were created as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-04827
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings were brought back into use as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-04814
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 10 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it still plans to carry out its 2022 census as per its current timeline.
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Question reference: S6W-04829
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Inner Sound Local Fisheries Management Advisory Group last met, and how often it meets.
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Question reference: S6W-04823
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been awarded to businesses in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray from the Regional Food Fund in each year since it was established.
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Question reference: S6W-04822
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications were (a) approved and (b) not approved for an award from the 2021 round of the Regional Food Fund.
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Question reference: S6O-00538
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how its Housing Strategy is supporting action to prevent fuel poverty in households in rural and remote areas.
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Question reference: S6O-00470
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to help improve employment opportunities in the Highlands and Islands, including for young people.
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Question reference: S6W-03874
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages onshore and offshore wind farm developers to work with businesses in Scotland in the construction and installation of wind turbines.
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Question reference: S6W-03877
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it offered CS Wind UK Ltd any financial incentives and/or subsidies in order to avoid it entering into administration.
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