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-15317
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Minister for Transport has (a) visited in-person and (b) met representatives from (i) Glasgow Airport, (ii) Edinburgh Airport, (iii) Glasgow Prestwick Airport and (iv) Aberdeen International Airport since being appointed.
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Question reference: S6W-15794
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with SafeDeposits Scotland regarding the increase in its estimated response time, which, according to SafeDeposits Scotland’s automatic reply to website enquiries, is currently up to 5 working days and attributed to the launch of its new system in 2022, and what its position is on whether this elongated response time meets the service standards that SafeDeposits Scotland is expected to provide to (a) tenants and (b) landlords who use the scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-15803
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Education Scotland report, Approaches to recording and monitoring incidents of bullying in schools, published in February 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-15588
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average response time was to phone calls to the Citizens Advice Scotland Helpline, and how many calls were (a) received and (b) discontinued in each year since 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-15587
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) volunteers and (b) paid staff currently work at Citizens Advice Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-15768
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), also known as drones, have been available for use by Police Scotland officers in each year since 2019, and how many officers have received RPAS training.
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Question reference: S6W-15609
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the February 2023 Cranfield Trust report, Demand, Survival, Change: The challenges facing charity management in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-15825
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15443 by John Swinney on 8 March 2023, whether it will name the law firms that have received a share of the £100,244, broken down by how much each firm received.
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Question reference: S6W-15289
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of railway stations are currently equipped with defibrillators.
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Question reference: S6W-15529
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support parents in Glasgow and the west of Scotland to find alternative childcare in light of the forthcoming closure of Rising Stars childcare centres on 31 March 2023.