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
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Question reference: S4W-24392
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to the Forestry Commission Scotland with the preparation of its new corporate plan.
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Question reference: S4W-24391
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to decroft by owner-occupier crofters have been made in each year since 2007, and how many were approved.
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Question reference: S4W-24319
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government which key stakeholders it plans to meet in advance of the launch of its public consultation on unconventional gas production.
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Question reference: S4W-24318
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism on 28 January 2015 (Official Report, c.17), how it will examine the climate consequences of unconventional gas production during the current moratorium.
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Question reference: S4W-24315
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-23976 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2015, whether capital funding provided to the National Performing Companies is ringfenced to assets owned by those organisations, or whether it can be used for assets owned by third parties and, if so, to what extent.
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Question reference: S4W-24317
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-23976 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2015, whether it will provide a breakdown of the capital allocations to the National Performing Companies by the (a) asset benefiting from the funding, (b) value of the funding and (c) year of expenditure.
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Question reference: S4W-24072
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to assess the impact on (a) investment in flood prevention, (b) investment in national parks, (c) support for farming and food production and promotion, (d) natural heritage and biodiversity, (e) rural communities and (f) its ambition to meet its climate change targets of a £4 billion reduction in its budget if the Barnett formula is abandoned.
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Question reference: S4W-23977
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what capital funding it will allocate to each of the National Performing Companies in 2015-16.
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Question reference: S4W-23976
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided to each of the National Performing Companies for the purpose of maintenance and refurbishment of property in each year since 1999-00.
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Question reference: S4W-23847
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 20 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that Scotland benefits from the £500 million announced by Ofgem in November 2014 for the undergrounding of old transmission lines in protected areas such as national parks and national scenic areas.