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-04670
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the (a) type and (b) scale of renewables projects being approved for each of the five lots on the Forestry Commission estate.
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Question reference: S4W-04662
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits it expects that communities will receive from the Forestry Commission Scotland renewables contracts announced by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change on 22 February 2011.
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Question reference: S4W-04661
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the renewables potential of the Forestry Commission estate.
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Question reference: S4W-04664
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what income it expects to receive from companies that it has selected to develop renewables projects on the Forestry Commission estate.
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Question reference: S4W-04567
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates it has asked local authorities to provide to indicate whether they expect to meet the 2012 target for eradicating homelessness.
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Question reference: S4W-04566
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the penalty will be for local authorities that do not meet the 2012 target for eradicating homelessness.
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Question reference: S4O-00561
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its response to the investigation by NHS Lothian of so-called hidden waiting lists.
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Question reference: S4W-04477
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many forests or woods are identified as to be made available to communities through the National Forest Land Scheme.
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Question reference: S4W-04475
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities are implementing its guidance, The right tree in the right place, and have (a) published or (b) are writing a forest and woodland strategy.
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Question reference: S4W-04474
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will start publicly reporting woodland loss and by what (a) method and (b) frequency.
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