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-22540
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many modern apprenticeship starts there have been in the (a) Stirling, (b) Clackmannanshire and (c) Fife local authority area in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-22407
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many apprenticeships have been established through community benefit clauses.
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Question reference: S5W-22416
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding businesses in Scotland have received through the implementation of the UK Government’s Construction Sector Deal.
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Question reference: S5W-22410
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when the two pilot projects for community wealth building will be established.
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Question reference: S5W-22409
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what target it has set for spending on public contracts with (a) small- and medium-sized and (b) micro-businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-22408
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of public contracts has been awarded to (a) small- and medium-sized and (b) micro-businesses in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-22174
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 26 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities (a) it expects to use and (b) are considering using their powers under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce business rates in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-22175
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 26 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) headline business rate poundage and (b) large business rates supplement has been in each year since 2010, and what it will be in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-22121
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 26 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it makes available to businesses seeking to take advantage of opportunities presented by the (a) 2019 Rugby World Cup and (b) 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan.
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Question reference: S5W-22000
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many Chinese students enrolled at higher education institutions in Scotland in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.