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-27361
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value of rates relief (a) has been in each of the last 10 years and (b) would be in 2020-21 under the proposals in its Budget.
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Question reference: S5W-27357
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue raised by the business rates incentivisation scheme has been retained by each local authority (a) in each of the last five years and (b) since April 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-27348
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties in each local authority area would be subject to the (a) Basic, (b) Intermediate and (c) Higher Property Rate poundage proposed in its Budget, broken down by industry sector, and how much it expects would be raised.
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Question reference: S5W-27354
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional revenue from business rates it expects would be generated in 2020-21 from the increase in the poundage rate proposed in its Budget, broken down by industry sector.
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Question reference: S5W-27358
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage local authorities to use their powers under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to vary their business rates, and what information it has regarding which councils are (a) using and (b) seeking to use these powers in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-27511
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it received in relation to any risk of ice falling on the Queensferry Crossing during the design and building of the bridge.
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Question reference: S5W-27509
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action was taken following the ice fall on the Queensferry Crossing in 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-27512
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consultation was carried out during the design and building of the Queensferry Crossing with other bridge designers and operators in relation to the risk of ice falling.
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Question reference: S5W-27514
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic impact of the recent closures of the Queensferry Crossing.
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Question reference: S5O-04205
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use its social security policies to address reported high levels of economic inactivity.