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-04560
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government on the exemption from business rates of rooftop solar cells and panels, particularly self-supply and what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S5W-04562
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of business rates on rooftop solar cells and panels, particularly self-supply.
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Question reference: S5W-03893
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many medical incidents the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has responded to as (a) co-responder and (b) first responder in each year since 2013-14.
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Question reference: S5W-03898
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the construction of the new central detention unit and the regional detention units for women offenders.
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Question reference: S5W-03892
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) people and (b) full-time equivalent staff there have been working in women’s community justice centres in each year since 2010-11, also broken down by justice centre.
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Question reference: S5W-03900
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many in-house mental health specialists there have been working in prisons in each year since 2010-11, also broken down by prison.
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Question reference: S5W-03894
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the survival rate was for incidents that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service responded to as (a) co-responder and (b) first responder in each year since 2013-14.
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Question reference: S5W-04111
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on Erasmus+ funding for Scotland’s young people.
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Question reference: S5W-04110
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of reductions in local government budgets on the provision of housing for people affected by domestic abuse.
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Question reference: S5W-04113
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to rural communities to install their own fibre networks when commercial and other government programmes are unable to reach their premises.
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