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: S4W-02943
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the findings were of the internal investigation by Northern Constabulary in 2010 following its failure to find a kitchen knife involved in a murder in Balintore in April 2010 when searching the scene and what lessons have been learned.
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Question reference: S4W-02149
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to continue supporting kinship carers.
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Question reference: S4W-02385
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01963 by Keith Brown on 25 August 2011, what the journey time will be from (a) Cumbernauld and (b) Greenfaulds railway stations to Glasgow Queen Street station, following completion of Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) works on the Cumbernauld line.
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Question reference: S4W-02384
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01962 by Keith Brown on 25 August 2011, to provide a breakdown of the estimated £52 million cost of the construction of the Garngad Chord.
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Question reference: S4O-00192
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to social and environmental measures as an alternative to GDP as a means of assessing living standards in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-00169
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the findings arising from the first HMIE inspections under the newly introduced inspection framework.
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Question reference: S4W-02142
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered foster carers there are.
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Question reference: S4W-02146
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children who have been looked after by a kinship carer have been returned to their parents in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-02119
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances Network Rail cannot exercise powers of deemed consent for developments on land that it owns.
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Question reference: S4W-02118
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Network Rail can exercise powers of deemed consent for developments on land that it has recently acquired.