Seòmar agus comataidhean

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Criathragan Hide all filters

Displaying 1943 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S5F-02118

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2018

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to educate children regarding using the internet safely.

Question reference: S5O-01799

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Transport Scotland and Jacobs regarding the preferred route for the dualling of the A9 at Killiecrankie.

Following an assessment of environmental, economic, engineering and traffic criteria, the preferred route for the A9 Dualling Killiecrankie to Glen Garry project was announced in March 2016 at public exhibitions held in Killiecrankie and Blair Atholl. The then Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities and Minister for Transport and Islands were advised of the preferred route for the dualling through this section on 1 March 2016.

Question reference: S5O-01718

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Health Improvement and Protection budget is decreasing in 2018-19.

The Health Improvement and Protection budget is actually increasing by £16.6m (36%) in 2018-19, up from £46.1m in 2017-18 to £62.7m in 2018-19.

This is driven by significant, additional investment in treatment and support services for alcohol and drugs. Backed by this new investment we have begun an overhaul of our drug strategy, guided by the principle of ensuring the best health outcomes for people who are, or have been, drug users. We will expand its scope to set out a new vision for alcohol and drug treatment altogether.

Question reference: S5O-01606

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how its Draft Budget will grow the Scottish economy.

Question reference: S5O-01533

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Tayside.

Question reference: S5O-01466

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the number of bail-related offences.

Question reference: S5O-01403

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made regarding the issues around devolving the administration of air departure tax to local authorities.

Question reference: S5W-11596

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many new national public bodies (a) it and (b) its agencies have announced in each local authority area in each year since 1999, and how many bodies were created.

Since 1999 the Scottish Government has established 57 new devolved public bodies. Scottish Government agencies do not establish new public bodies. A breakdown of the number of public bodies established in each local authority area since 1999 through to April 2017 has been collated in a table. A copy of this table has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre, BIB number 59170.

Question reference: S5W-11594

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the economic impact on Scotland of digital currencies, such as the bitcoin, and whether it has discussed with the Treasury what can be done to ensure that their use complies with anti-money laundering regulations.

Question reference: S5W-11595

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many new public sector jobs (a) it and (b) its agencies have announced in each local authority area in each year since 1999, and how many jobs were created.

Information on Public Sector job announcements are not tracked or held centrally.

Whilst the Scottish Government's Human Resources system is able to provide the net change between the number of staff in post at points in time - and this is published in the Scottish Government Workforce Information publication (https://beta.gov.scot/publications/workforce-information/) - this would include circumstances such as backfilling vacancies and restructuring so would not give an accurate picture of how many new jobs were created. Records of public sector jobs created in NHS, Police, Fire and Local Authorities are not held by the Scottish Government.

Records of public sector jobs created in NHS, Police, Fire and Local Authorities are not held by the Scottish Government. Staffing changes over time can be reviewed at https://beta.gov.scot/publications/public-sector-employment-scotland-statistics-4th-quarter-2016/