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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

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Question reference: S5F-03754

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2019

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to address the reported £3 billion backlog in road maintenance repairs.

Question reference: S5W-26240

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people have used public transport in each year since 2009, also broken down by parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5W-26242

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the average distance travelled by people using public transport in each year since 2009, also broken down by parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5W-26237

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many private car owners have participated in a ride-share scheme in each year since 2009, also broken down by parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5W-26245

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes car ride-sharing.

Transport Scotland grant funds CoMoUK in Scotland to increase awareness of the role and benefits of shared transport. They promote car clubs, bike sharing and ride sharing, specifically.

Local Authorities and public, third and community sector organisations can use their allocation of the annual £7m Smarter Choices Smarter Places Local Authority and Open Fund to support and promote ride-sharing projects.

Question reference: S5W-26239

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the three most used forms of transport in each year since 2009, also broken down by parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5W-26241

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people in each year since 2009 have (a) held a driving licence and (b) (i) owned and (ii) driven a private car, also broken down by parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5W-26231

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding CO2 emission levels from (a) private cars, (b) public transport and (c) other forms of transport, including the average daily emission, in each year since 2009, also broken down by parliamentary region.

The Carbon Account for Transport provides a detailed analysis of annual transport emissions data for Scotland, including emissions by vehicle type. The latest edition of the Carbon Account, covering the period from 1990-2017, is available on the Transport Scotland website at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/carbon-account-for-transport-no-11-2019-edition/ .

A full set of transport emissions data for Scotland is currently only available at the national level, and not at the level of parliamentary region. The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy publishes Local Authority-level emissions data for some types of surface transport at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-local-authority-and-regional-carbon-dioxide-emissions-national-statistics-2005-to-2017 .

Question reference: S5W-26246

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the variation in petrol costs in each year since 2009, also broken down by parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5T-01888

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2019

To ask Scottish Government what its response is to reports that NHS staff shortages are putting cancer survival rates at risk.