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-12402
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the encashment of the monthly prepayment meter vouchers provided under the Energy Bills Support Scheme, what action it can take to encourage energy suppliers to allow encashment of vouchers using PayZone, via the Post Office network, in order to benefit rural and islands customers who may not have access to a nearby PayPoint outlet.
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Question reference: S6W-12400
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the encashment of the monthly prepayment meter vouchers provided under the Energy Bills Support Scheme, what discussions it is having with the UK Government and energy suppliers regarding the impact in Scotland of the reported issue that some systems only allow for top-up of prepayment meters in £5 increments.
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Question reference: S6W-12401
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the encashment of the monthly prepayment meter vouchers provided under the Energy Bills Support Scheme, what support can be provided to any people in rural and island areas in Scotland who find that their vouchers have diminished in value due to the costs incurred by travelling to the nearest PayPoint outlet.
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Question reference: S6W-12139
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on promotion of the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme to date, broken down by spend on the national marketing campaign and spend on other costs.
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Question reference: S6W-12628
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, following the major telecommunications outage on Shetland on 20 October 2022 reportedly being caused by a fishing trawler hitting the primary telecommunications cable between the Scottish mainland and Shetland, whether it believes this to be the case, and if so, whether it (a) is able to confirm what kind of vessel it believes to have caused the damage and (b) was a local vessel.
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Question reference: S6W-12519
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, following the major telecommunications outage on Shetland on 20 October 2022 reportedly being caused by a fishing trawler hitting the primary telecommunications cable between the Scottish mainland and Shetland, what evidence it has that the damage was caused in this way; whether it will share all evidence it has, and whether it has ruled out other possible causes.
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Question reference: S6W-12138
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on the national marketing campaign for the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by type of marketing.
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Question reference: S6W-12078
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details regarding the announcement of an Island Cost Crisis Emergency Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-12077
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations or individuals will be eligible to access the Island Cost Crisis Emergency Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-12079
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the Island Cost Crisis Emergency Fund will be available.
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