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-27185
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 20 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government where Scotland's Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth is based; what its annual budget is, and how many full-time equivalent staff it employs.
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Question reference: S5W-27356
- 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 Kate Forbes on 20 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with its £50 million town centres fund for 2019-20, and whether it will publish an evaluation of its impact.
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Question reference: S5W-27183
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 18 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on hiring external meeting rooms in hotels, conference centres and other facilities in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-27360
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 13 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it received in receipts from the Apprenticeship Levy in each of the last three years, and how much it expects to receive in 2020-21.
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Question reference: S5W-27074
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many business improvement districts there are, and how many more it plans to establish.
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Question reference: S5W-27132
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use the platform of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to promote Scotland tourism, businesses and exports in Japan this summer.
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Question reference: S5W-27076
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it established its ministerial taskforce to address population concerns; who the members of the taskforce are; how often it will meet each year, and how it will work with (a) local government and (b) other stakeholders.
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Question reference: S5W-27077
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how long the interim chief executive of South of Scotland Enterprise will be in place, and by what date a permanent chief executive will be in position.
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Question reference: S5O-04090
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the cumulative percentage divergence has been between total GDP growth in the Scottish and UK economies since May 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-27075
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 29 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it defines "inclusive growth", and what information it has regarding whether this is the same definition used by all (a) local authorities and (b) agencies involved with enterprise.
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