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-22821
- 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 7 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have offered an energy efficiency discount in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-22819
- 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 7 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the statement in the Fraser of Allander Institute blog, Budget 2019-20: what next?, that “Local government was...a key tension within the budget. In the context of budget negotiations, such discussions tend to centre upon the level of funding provided to councils and whether or not the settlement is fair.”
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Question reference: S5O-03173
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what policies have been put in place to tackle the reported rise in relative poverty in Scotland’s communities.
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Question reference: S5W-22336
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21851 by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2019, which outlines several long-term economic growth investments, what action it is taking to affect short-term economic growth in Dundee.
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Question reference: S5W-22337
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21852 by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2019, in light of NHS boards missing care standards and its statement that “the standards are set at a level which aims to be both challenging but achievable by hospitals”, what further action it will take to support hospitals to achieve these standards of care for patients.
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Question reference: S5W-22338
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 2 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20977 by Derek Mackay on 29 January 2019, what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium's call for business improvement districts and other organisations to be eligible to bid for funding from the £50 million Town Centre Fund.
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Question reference: S5O-03098
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with fishermen in Angus regarding the impact of offshore wind developments on the fishing industry.
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Question reference: S5W-22194
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to its official statistics, which have recorded that, since 2010, Dundee has retained 97% fewer learning support and additional support needs staff compared with the overall national figure.
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Question reference: S5W-22193
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to its official statistics, which have recorded that the recruitment of learning support and additional support needs staff nationally has fallen from 4,703 to 4,119 since 2010.
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Question reference: S5O-03040
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the National Audit Office's recent report, Investigation into devolved funding.
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