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: S4W-29296
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on (a) how many claimants were charged by their GP for a letter explaining their impairments while being moved from disability living allowance to personal independence payment and (b) what the charges were.
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Question reference: S4W-29286
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 26 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress there has been in establishing a management committee for the Sound of Barra Special Area of Conservation; whether the committee is in place, and, if so, (a) what the membership is, (b) what decisions it has made and (c) how much funding it has received.
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Question reference: S4W-29331
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the maintenance budget has been for each vessel in the CalMac fleet in each year since 2006.
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Question reference: S4W-29311
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on setting up the computer system that is being used to deal with the new common agricultural policy payment scheme and how long it took to (a) devise and (b) implement the system.
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Question reference: S4W-29313
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for the new common agricultural policy payment scheme each local authority has (a) received and (b) processed.
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Question reference: S4W-29164
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on how many of the 309 weekdays between 15 December 2014 and 12 December 2015 rail services on the Far North Line achieved 100% reliability.
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Question reference: S4O-05256
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what socioeconomic impact assessments it has carried out of the new marine protected areas and how many jobs will be lost on shore and at sea in these locations as a result of their designation.
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Question reference: S4W-28801
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 10 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to assist people who have not yet received their annual flu vaccine.
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Question reference: S4W-28802
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 10 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people seeking the flu vaccine had received it by (a) 1 November 2015 and (b) 1 December 2015; what percentage has not received it to date, and how these percentages compare with those in each year since 2005.
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Question reference: S4W-28516
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 3 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to train all Scottish Fire and Rescue Service officers in the use of defibrillators.