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-23026
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the most recent Scottish Welfare Fund statistics update, for what reason there has been an 85% increase in Crisis Grant applications in Angus compared with the same quarter last year.
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Question reference: S5W-23027
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the most recent Scottish Welfare Fund statistics update, which states that Community Care Grant applications from families facing exceptional pressure have increased by 12% since the same quarter last year.
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Question reference: S5O-03277
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people achieved vocational qualifications at stage 4 as part of the Skills Development Scotland Employability Fund for 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-22828
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made to establish a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) boundary in Dundee, and what information it has on what Dundee City Council’s LEZ Delivery Group’s next steps are.
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Question reference: S5W-22822
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many Energy Saving Trust grants have been awarded in each year since 2016, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-22823
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 9 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on offering energy efficiency discounts for residential properties on a longer-term basis.
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Question reference: S5W-22825
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how its energy efficiency measures are impacting on fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S5O-03248
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in addressing the areas for improvement identified in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Review of Adult Mental Health Services in Tayside.
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Question reference: S5W-22826
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many households in each local authority area are experiencing fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S5W-22824
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 7 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress each sector is making in meeting the target set out in its document, Conserve and Save: The Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland, for a 12% reduction in final energy consumption by 2020.
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