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-02823
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which additional projects will be funded from the £254 million to support transport, housing and digital initiatives announced in 2016 as part of the Aberdeen City Region Deal.
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Question reference: S6W-02800
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking or plans to take to respond to and implement the 166 recommendations made by four committees in the last parliamentary session regarding its Climate Change Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-02891
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider reopening the disused Finnieston railway station on the operational North Clyde Line.
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Question reference: S6W-02888
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths in custody there have been in prisons in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-02802
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Climate Emergency has a defined remit, and whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S6W-02879
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01926 by Graeme Dey on 23 August 2021, how many of the 58 potential new stations have been appraised in line with the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG).
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Question reference: S6W-02859
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the timeline for the delivery of its proposed national transitions strategy to support children and young people approaching adulthood.
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Question reference: S6W-02874
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the financial outturn report of December 2020, how (a) revenue and (b) capital underspends in the Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity portfolio have been allocated, and what underspend remains unallocated.
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Question reference: S6W-02462
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01360 by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021, when it expects (a) its and (b) each of its agencies' vehicle fleets to be fully comprised of zero-emission vehicles.
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Question reference: S6W-02463
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01360 by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021, what the reasons are for 13% of its vehicle fleet, which includes Transport Scotland’s fleet, being comprised of zero-emission vehicles, and what its position is on whether this percentage should be higher.
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