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-26552
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what collaboration there is between stroke professionals in Scotland and their international partners, and how this has been used to (a) improve the design and work of NHS stroke units and (b) help ensure that patients receive evidenced-based care of a world class standard.
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Question reference: S5O-03898
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent making preparations for independence in the last 12 years.
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Question reference: S5O-03839
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle fly-tipping.
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Question reference: S5W-26263
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 20 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to protect firefighters from attack.
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Question reference: S5W-26111
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S5O-03677 by Aileen Campbell on 30 October 2019 (Official Report, c. 28), whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what role it expects procurement plans to have in helping councils that are struggling to balance budgets.
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Question reference: S5T-01858
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it plans in response to recent reports of a rise in stress-related sickness absences among prison officers.
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Question reference: S5O-03715
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on improving farm-level emissions and carbon sequestration data.
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Question reference: S5O-03686
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what formal assessment Social Security Scotland made over the summer of the implementation of Wave One and Two devolved benefits.
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Question reference: S5W-25629
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on Brexit preparations, and what it expects the final amount will be.
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Question reference: S5W-25627
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects to receive in additional Barnet consequentials arising from the UK Government's expected further expenditure on Brexit preparations, and how it expects to allocate this.