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-16687
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which GP practices in Fife are experiencing recruitment difficulties.
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Question reference: S5W-16690
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have been employed by practices in Fife in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-16691
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP sessions have been lost in practices in Fife in each of the last five years due to failures to (a) recruit GPs and (b) cover absences.
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Question reference: S5W-16692
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions (a) it and (b) Creative Scotland has had with the film sector in the last year regarding the promotion of locations and film infrastructure available in Scotland, including the potential studio in the Pentlands.
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Question reference: S5W-16683
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions (a) it and (b) Creative Scotland has had with the developers of the film studio in the Pentlands regarding future film work and how the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland will support the film sector and its infrastructure.
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Question reference: S5W-16845
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-02098 by Jeane Freeman on 16 May 2018 (Official Report, c. 14), what regulations the UK Government has laid to ensure that the carers allowance supplement is not counted as income for the purposes of housing benefit or universal credit calculations.
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Question reference: S5W-16685
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many discretionary applications for blue badges have been refused by each local authority in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-16684
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many blue badges have been issued by each local authority in each of the last five years, broken down by automatic and discretionary entitlement.
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Question reference: S5W-16686
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many appeals against unsuccessful applications for blue badges have been lodged with each local authority in each of the last five years, and how many of these appeals were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful, also given as a percentage.
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Question reference: S5O-02122
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the Fife economy.
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