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: S4O-02556
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the 2014 year of homecoming.
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Question reference: S4O-02465
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the additional seven day wait for new claimants of job seekers allowance will have on its welfare reform mitigation measures.
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Question reference: S4O-02437
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions ministers have had with local authorities regarding the community benefits that arise from environmental projects.
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Question reference: S4O-02352
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent progress has been made in discussions with the UK Government on repatriating the annual £1.4 million of red meat levy income paid by Scotland's farmers.
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Question reference: S4O-02314
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its strategy for measuring wellbeing, in light of the publication of Shifting the Dial in Scotland, by the Carnegie UK Trust.
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Question reference: S4O-02134
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Save the Children report, State of the World’s Mothers, 2013, will have on its early years strategy.
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Question reference: S4O-02037
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the Electoral Commission regarding campaign funding and donations in relation to the independence referendum.
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Question reference: S4O-01910
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the European Union regarding the labelling of products since the discovery of horsemeat in other meat products.
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Question reference: S4O-01876
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many years are included in local authority financial planning.
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Question reference: S4W-12797
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 1 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many consultants specialising in geriatrics were employed by the NHS in September (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, (d) 2009, (e) 2010, (f) 2011 and (g) 2012 and what the annual change was, expressed as a percentage.