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-12506
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11997 by Derek Mackay on 1 November 2017, what data is being collected from local authorities for the purpose of analysing the level of non-domestic rates relief awarded.
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Question reference: S5W-12355
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what measures for Montrose and the Angus area have been implemented since the Cabinet met in the town in August 2017.
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Question reference: S5O-01502
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all secondary schools in Dundee have adequate numbers of staff.
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Question reference: S5W-12358
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what concerns regarding (a) the funding of local services and (b) other matters in the north east were raised at the Cabinet's public meeting in Montrose in August 2017; what steps it has taken to address these, and what progress has been made.
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Question reference: S5W-12357
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution has had with stakeholders in the north east since the Cabinet met in Montrose in August 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-12282
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what challenges it faces in providing health services to homeless people, and what action it takes to overcome these.
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Question reference: S5W-12353
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to assess and ensure coding practice consistency across all NHS boards when recording cases of sepsis.
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Question reference: S5W-12283
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport last met(a) the staff of and (b) people living near to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee to discuss car parking provision at the hospital.
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Question reference: S5O-01465
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle urban crime.
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Question reference: S5W-12281
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of health problems among homeless people, and what change in outcomes has been observed in the last five years.
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