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-15335
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much will be allocated each year by the Building Scotland Fund, broken down by portfolio area.
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Question reference: S5W-15334
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce the legislation to establish the Scottish National Investment Bank.
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Question reference: S5W-15325
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much assistance has been provided each year by the Scottish Growth Scheme, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-15284
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to grassroots-level basketball.
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Question reference: S5W-14844
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been employed by Scottish Development International in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5O-01940
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an updated estimate of how much it will cost to implement and administer the new tax bands introduced in its Budget.
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Question reference: S5W-15252
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the change in its Budget linking annual increases in poundage to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI) is permanent or applies to 2018-19 only.
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Question reference: S5W-14841
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the value of exports to (a) India, (b) Japan and (c) the United States has been in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-14837
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been part of the Global Scots Network in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-14836
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the purpose was of the £15 million loan that it recently provided to Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab), and how much of it will be paid back.
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