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-03130
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to mitigate the impact on Orkney of the move from a historic to an area basis for payments under the reformed common agricultural policy.
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Question reference: S4O-03066
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 26 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it sought legal advice on the tuition fee proposals set out in its white paper on independence.
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Question reference: S4W-20081
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 24 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils were or have been excluded for being in possession of (i) a weapon, (ii) alcohol and (iii) illegal drugs at school in (A) 2012-13 and (B) 2013-14.
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Question reference: S4W-19991
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 20 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the updated Pupil census 2013 supplementary data, which suggests an apparent disparity across local authorities in identifying pupils with additional support needs, and whether it considers that there should be a more consistent approach across local authorities toward this.
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Question reference: S4W-19987
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many modern apprenticeships have (a) started and (b) been completed in each of the last three years and what percentage of people taking part are disabled.
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Question reference: S4W-19988
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many disabled people the additional £500,000 announced for employer recruitment incentives in August 2013 will assist and how long the funding will be available.
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Question reference: S4W-19975
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the Council of Economic Advisers’ report on the provision of childcare will be published.
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Question reference: S4W-19921
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many disabled people aged between 16 and 24 have enrolled in modern apprenticeships in each of the last three years for which information is available.
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Question reference: S4W-19922
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland, Modern Apprenticeships, Equality & the Economy: Spreading the Benefits, what it is doing to reduce the discrepancy between the proportion of disabled people taking up apprentices in Scotland and England, and to encourage more disabled people to start modern appenticeships.
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Question reference: S4W-19920
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many disabled people have enrolled in modern apprenticeships in each of the last three years for which information is available.
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