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-13590
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the effects of incorporations in its non-saving, non-dividends income tax revenue estimates, which it made in February 2017, were reportedly underestimated.
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Question reference: S5W-13589
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will cost to implement each of the income tax bands proposed in its Draft Budget, and what the annual administration cost will be.
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Question reference: S5W-13592
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its recognition in the Draft Budget that funding for local government services can only be protected in real terms through council tax rises, what impact such a move could have on the overall tax burden of the 70% of people that it has suggested will pay less in income tax because of its proposals, including what proportion might pay more in taxation overall.
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Question reference: S5W-13667
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on statements by NHS Tayside that the Scottish Government is reducing spending on health improvement and that this "is counterproductive in achieving the national indicators".
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Question reference: S5W-13497
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which countries have been visited by Scottish Government or NHS Scotland staff to recruit clinical staff for NHS Scotland in each of the last five years; how many times each of these countries has been visited for this purpose; how much each trip cost, and how many (a) full- and (b) part-time clinical staff have been recruited as a result of each.
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Question reference: S5W-13498
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, of the 20 nurses who have accepted posts in NHS Grampian as a result of an Australian recruitment exercise undertaken in November 2017, how many of these positions are (a) full-time and (b) permanent contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-13145
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of NHS Grampian being the worst performing board regarding the 18-week referral to treatment standard, what action the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport will commit to to ensure there is an improvement over the next year.
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Question reference: S5W-13595
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to raise awareness in the North East Scotland parliamentary region of the need to plan for funeral costs, and what support it can offer to help people deal with unplanned costs.
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Question reference: S5W-13464
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been carried out of the possible impact of severe winter weather on major transport infrastructure in the north east, and whether it will provide details of any extra measures and resources being made available to ensure that transport links remain available.
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Question reference: S5W-13261
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether off model adjustments are regarded as behavioural responses for the purposes of forecasting potential reactions to income tax changes.
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