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: S6W-04852
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many inspections of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been carried out since January 2021, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-04885
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of birds that have been killed in the last 10 years due to windfarm activity.
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Question reference: S6W-04893
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average daily traffic flow volumes have been on the A96 Trunk Road between Aberdeen and Inverness in each year since 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-04821
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many communities are currently without 4G services in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-04820
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many further masts it plans to install as part of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-04681
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the impact and effectiveness of the Business Ventilation Fund will be evaluated; whether the full minutes and evidence from its expert advice group on ventilation will be made publicly available, and, once the fund closes, what assessment the Scottish Government will undertake of the fund's effectiveness and reach, including by sector and size of business.
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Question reference: S6W-04950
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the value of the underspend is in (a) each portfolio and (b) total arising from its 2021-22 Budget; whether any of the underspend is in the health budget, and how much of any underspend has been carried forward.
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Question reference: S6W-04824
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many website domain names that it owns and pays for are currently (a) active and (b) inactive.
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Question reference: S6W-04819
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many new masts have been installed as part of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-04803
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the (a) direct and (b) wider impact on the (i) retail and (ii) tourism sector in (A) the Lothians and (B) Scotland of the UK Government's decision to withdraw tax-free shopping from the start of 2021, and what representations it has made to UK ministers on the matter.