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-18361
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to provide suicide prevention training across the (a) public and (b) private sector.
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Question reference: S5W-18074
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many learning hours of (a) up to 10 and (b) 10 or more hours have been accounted for by part-time colleges courses in each of the last 12 years.
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Question reference: S5W-17460
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many part-time college courses in each of the last 12 years have consisted of (a) up to 10 and (b) 10 or more learning hours, and what the average funding was.
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Question reference: S5W-17598
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-02298 by Derek Mackay on 28 June 2018, and in light of the £453 million underspend for 2017-18, when it will act on its commitment to implement the Barclay Review’s recommendation to halve the Large Business Supplement.
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Question reference: S5W-17601
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses were affected by local authorities using powers in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce business rates during 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-17600
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses could be affected by local authorities that (a) have used and (b) are considering using powers in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce business rates during 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-17597
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities (a) have used and (b) are considering using powers in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce business rates during 2018-19, and to what extent.
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Question reference: S5W-17459
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-02225 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 June 2018, how many full-time equivalent students there have been at Dundee and Angus College in each of the last 12 years.
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Question reference: S5O-02298
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on businesses in Scotland paying twice as much in Large Business Supplement rates than those in England.
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Question reference: S5O-02225
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on 10,000 fewer students being enrolled at Dundee and Angus College compared with 2006, representing a 38% drop.
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