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: S5O-01605
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for children with autism.
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Question reference: S5O-01603
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to work with the UK Government on the implementation of the UK industrial strategy.
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Question reference: S5O-01552
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Forth Valley and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-13106
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its forecast business rates revenue is for 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-12935
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work to the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee on 14 November 2017 (Official Report, c. 5), regarding the creation of a centre for regional inclusive growth, whether it will confirm when ministers agreed the decision to create the centre; when it will be operational; where it will be based, and how many staff it will employ.
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Question reference: S5W-12875
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the innovation and investment hubs in (a) Berlin and (b) Brussels will open.
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Question reference: S5W-12882
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish an implementation plan for delivering on the recommendations of the Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates.
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Question reference: S5W-12605
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a complete list of the delivery and other agents that allocate or manage (a) its and (b) EU funding to businesses or enterprises, broken down by how much each agent delivered in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-12604
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding Chart 8 in its recently published discussion paper, The Role of Income Tax in Scotland’s Budget, what assumptions were used to calculate the number of taxpayers that will make a behavioural response as indicated in the mid-point estimates for each one of the five approaches set out, including the number of taxpayers involved for each approach.
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Question reference: S5W-12606
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding Chart 8 in its recently published discussion paper, The Role of Income Tax in Scotland’s Budget, how many taxpayers it predicts will make a behavioural response as indicated by the mid-point estimates for each one of the five approaches set out.
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