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-04890
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will spend in the current financial year (a) on welfare, (b) on telecoms and (c) in total in order to mitigate any impact of decisions taken by the UK Government.
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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-04865
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) planning it has undertaken and (b) action it has taken to ensure that people who experience power cuts are able to contact the emergency services in instances where they cannot make phone calls due to their mobile phone battery expiring or their landline being internet-based.
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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-04804
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what projects it is developing in Moray through the Just Transition Fund; where they will be located, and how it will ensure that Moray will benefit equitably from investment in (a) projects, (b) jobs and (c) skills development.
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Question reference: S6W-04684
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school teachers have left their post in each year since 2018, broken down by (a) subject taught and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-05058
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-03668 by Kevin Stewart on 10 October 2019, whether it will provide information on the level of readiness to comply with the delayed ban on waste to landfill, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-05337
- Asked by: Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kate Forbes on 21 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the future of Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
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Question reference: S6W-05362
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the current estimated date is for when works will be complete to allow roads to open to traffic on the A92/A96 Haudagain Improvement project.