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
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Question reference: S6W-18624
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16221 by Kevin Stewart on 11 April 2023, how many spaces for bikes are available at the 343 stations that have cycle storage facilities, and whether it will provide a list of any stations across the network that do not have cycle storage facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-18628
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17942 by Shona Robison on 30 May 2023, for what reason no EPC information is available for Strathbeg House in Thurso.
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Question reference: S6W-18629
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government in how many instances A8 compensation has been awarded to ScotRail passengers in each year for which data is available, as per ScotRail’s Accessible Travel Policy document.
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Question reference: S6W-18622
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue ScotRail has received from charging fees for returning recovered lost and found items in each year for which data is available, and how many lost items have been returned in the same period.
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Question reference: S6W-18615
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue the Scottish Prison Service has received through charging inmates for access to telephones or telephone usage in each year for which data is available.
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Question reference: S6W-18626
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the menu of food and drink sold on ScotRail’s onboard trolley services is consistent with Food Standards Scotland advice on nutrition and healthy eating, and for what reason calorific information is not listed on ScotRail’s onboard trolley services menu as it appears on ScotRail’s website.
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Question reference: S6W-18627
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many downloads there have been of the ScotRail app since 2019, and whether it can provide statistics on usage data for the app, such as the average time spent on the app.
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Question reference: S6W-18630
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what emotional and psychological support ScotRail makes available for train drivers, and other rail staff, who experience a traumatic event whilst performing their duties, such as a collision with a member of the public.
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Question reference: S6W-18614
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17942 by Shona Robison on 30 May 2023, whether the 17 buildings on the Scottish Government Core Estate will meet an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of at least band C by 2028, as will be required by all properties actively rented in the private sector, and, if not, what its position is on whether it is fair to impose energy standards on the private rented sector that the Scottish Government will not meet in its own buildings.
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Question reference: S6W-18685
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of incidents responded to and attended by Police Scotland in each year since 2012-13 resulted in a crime being recorded, and, for the same period, what the estimated proportion was of all police responses that were not related to a criminal or public safety incident and were attributable to non-policing matters, including any related to an immediate mental or social health situation.