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: S5W-05147
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether local authorities are sufficiently resourced to provide the building standards verification service.
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Question reference: S5W-05150
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of delays in obtaining building control consent on (a) the industry and (b) its housing targets.
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Question reference: S5W-05145
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government (a) when and (b) how it will consult on the appointment of building standards verifiers.
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Question reference: S5W-05148
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the performance of building standards verifiers.
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Question reference: S5W-05143
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the total funding was for stock and rabbit fencing under all (a) rural priority and (b) land management options applications required under the Scottish Rural Development Programme, in each year from 2007 to 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-05137
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many times electric charging points for vehicles were classed as out of order in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-04948
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what performance criteria Abellio must meet to retain the ScotRail franchise.
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Question reference: S5W-04959
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the revenue threshold is at which Abellio ScotRail is required to pay back 50% of its profits.
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Question reference: S5W-04949
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what public performance measure (PPM) targets have been set out in the contract with Abello ScotRail for (a) 2016-17 and and (b) 2017-18, and at what PPM level action will be taken, broken down by the what types of action are available.
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Question reference: S5W-04957
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will address the reported poor punctuality at rural railway stations.