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-22624
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 9 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether all the partners to the private finance pilot between NatureScot, Palladium, Lombard Odier and Hampden & Co remain actively involved in and committed to the private finance pilot.
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Question reference: S6O-02719
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to the creative industries in the Highlands and Islands region.
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Question reference: S6W-22383
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care, which is expected to launch in October 2023 to improve primary and community services, and what work has been carried out to date.
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Question reference: S6O-02700
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it works collaboratively to tackle depopulation in rural areas of the Highlands and Islands region.
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Question reference: S6W-22231
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of freight services on non-Aberdeen routes in the Northern Isles Ferry Services contract.
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Question reference: S6W-22229
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the monthly passenger carrying statistics were on each route in the Northern Isles Ferry Services contract with Serco NorthLink, from January 2023 up to the latest available figures.
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Question reference: S6W-22228
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the (a) crewing levels and (b) frequency of ferry services between the mainland and the Orkney Islands.
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Question reference: S6W-22230
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many freight sailings there were on routes from Aberdeen on the Northern Isles Ferry Services contract with Serco NorthLink, from January 2019 to date, broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-21970
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the 30 police buildings that Police Scotland plans to dispose of, as detailed in its proposals submitted to the Scottish Police Authority.
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Question reference: S6W-22023
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to its Programme for Government 2021-22 commitment to "develop plans to deliver free breakfast to all primary and special school children", in light of this commitment not being included in its Programme for Government 2023-24.
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