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
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Question reference: S5O-02431
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many part-time course places have been lost at Dundee and Angus College since 2009-10.
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Question reference: S5W-18805
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish in full the Ernst and Young deep water feasibility study that identified Dales Voe as the optimal location for an ultra-deep water port for decommissioning, and, if so, when, and if it does not plan to publish the report in full, what the reasons are for its position on this matter, given that the study was publicly funded.
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Question reference: S5W-18806
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the level of its encouragement of private investment in Dundee’s decommissioning capabilities and the port’s similar depth to Dales Voe, what factors were identified by Ernst and Young in its deep water feasibility study that led to the Shetland site being labelled as the "optimal UK location" for an ultra-deep water port instead of Dundee.
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Question reference: S5W-18808
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to assure Dundeecom, which was established to create a new decommissioning industry in the city, that it is actively promoting the city as a UK oil and gas decommissioning hub.
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Question reference: S5W-18530
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS boards regarding the action that can be taken against members of staff facing outstanding complaints who voluntarily remove themselves from the medical register to facilitate the dropping of these.
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Question reference: S5W-18525
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve rules and guidelines for NHS boards to reduce the likelihood of incidents where staff harm patients without appropriate repercussions.
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Question reference: S5W-18511
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to question S5O-02225 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 June 2018 and S5W-18074 by John Swinney on 29 August 2018, for what reason the former Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science suggested that part-time courses were often five hours long in light of the ratio of learning hours for courses over 10 hours to learning hours for courses under 10 hours in 2016-17 being 116:1 for all SFC-funded part-time college courses, and what value it attaches to part-time courses over 10 hours.
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Question reference: S5W-18393
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18378 by Michael Matheson on 23 August 2018, what consideration it has made of whether the costs of such a bid would be funded through reduced spending in other budget areas or through further changes to tax policy.
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Question reference: S5W-18375
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the income tax system in 2018-19 will impact on people on the intermediate band who receive the first 20% of relief in their pension pots and the remaining 1% in their take-home pay.
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Question reference: S5W-18374
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that people who are on the intermediate income tax band do not accidentally spend 1% of their pension payments relief.
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