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: S5O-01195
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the North Sea oil revenues were for 2016-17, and how this compares to the projections in its 2013 document, Scotland's Future.
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Question reference: S5W-09957
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the contract to build HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth has had on the economy (a) in Fife and (b) nationally.
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Question reference: S5W-10562
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand Aberdeen International Airport.
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Question reference: S5W-10534
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the demand for additional aviation routes from Scottish airports.
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Question reference: S5W-10532
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand the aviation industry, and what consideration it has given to the construction of additional runways at Scotland’s major airports.
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Question reference: S5W-10503
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, how many (a) public and (b) private care homes there are in each local authority area, and what information it has regarding how many provide LGBTI+ training for staff.
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Question reference: S5W-10533
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to deliver high speed rail, and whether it has undertaken any consultation on the viability of a Maglev system in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-09958
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 24 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will implement the terms of motion S5M-06126 as amended (Freedom of Information Requests), which was agreed to on 21 June 2017, and, if so, (a) when and (b) what specific action it will take.
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Question reference: S5W-09961
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that more than half of school leavers did not have a key maths qualification in 2015-16.
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Question reference: S5W-09811
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the economic benefits that the HS2 rail line could bring to Scotland.