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-18729
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Bute House has an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of at least band C, and for what reason the EPC rating for Bute House is not listed on the Scottish EPC register.
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Question reference: S6W-18687
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on unconscious bias training in each of its directorates, including using external businesses and organisations to deliver unconscious bias workshops, in each year for which data is available.
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Question reference: S6W-18680
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many suspensions have been imposed by SEPA on water abstraction licences in each month since January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-18683
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities that currently offer kerbside collection of glass for recycling have indicated that they (a) will and (b) will not continue to do so if the proposed Deposit Return Scheme launches in March 2024, or at any time thereafter, including with a national glass recycling element, and what the estimated forecasts are for the delivery of, and the uptake of, kerbside glass collection volumes in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-19014
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of running its fleet of Marine Protection Vessels has been for each of the past five years.
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Question reference: S6W-19013
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of its report, Marine and fisheries compliance: list of fixed penalty notices - 26 May 2020 to 30 June 2022, how many individual businesses received fixed penalty notices (FPN), and what the total value of FPNs paid to Marine Scotland was in the period covered by the report.
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Question reference: S6W-18735
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, of the 17 buildings on the Scottish Government Core Estate, whether any do not have full disabled access, and, if so, which ones.
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Question reference: S6F-02273
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on whether the Scottish Government is fully committed to improving the safety and condition of all of Scotland's major roads.
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Question reference: S6W-18659
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any formal or informal expressions of interest for the purchase of Ferguson Marine in the last 12 months, and, if so, what its response was to any such offer.
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Question reference: S6W-18638
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue ScotRail has received from each of its 20 car parks that charge for parking in each year since 2018, broken down by car park name.