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-15677
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken regarding the incomes of people who use (a) (i) bus and (ii) train services, (b) the Glasgow underground and (c) CalMac ferries.
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Question reference: S5W-15681
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken regarding the modes of public transport that are the (a) most and (b) least accessible to people on low incomes.
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Question reference: S5W-15663
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what cost- (a) benefit and (b) utility analysis it has undertaken regarding concessionary railcards for 16 to 25-year-olds.
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Question reference: S5W-15665
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 20 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of (a) Islamophobia, (b) racism, (c) homophobia and (d) anti-Semitism have been reported to police in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-15669
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 20 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted of crimes relating to (a) Islamophobia, (b) racism, (c) homophobia and (d) anti-Semitism in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-15718
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many recycling services staff have been injured as a result of syringes in bins in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-15719
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the estimated number of syringes that have washed up on Scottish shores in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-15495
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 19 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken to quantify the cost of obesity to the NHS, and whether it will publish the findings of any analysis.
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Question reference: S5W-15443
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people who missed a medical appointment in 2017 did so due to transportation issues.
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Question reference: S5W-15444
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many medical appointments were missed in 2017.