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-13324
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of Scotland's demand for (a) electricity and (b) heating district heating schemes meet.
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Question reference: S4W-13335
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of businesses are not connected to the national gas grid.
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Question reference: S4W-13340
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what national incentives and subsidies are in place for universities that wish to develop their own combined heat and power plants.
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Question reference: S4W-13334
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of businesses are not connected to the national electricity grid.
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Question reference: S4W-13333
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of homes are not connected to the national gas grid.
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Question reference: S4W-13330
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the demand for (a) electricity and (b) heating is met by (i) biomass and (ii) combined heat and power plants.
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Question reference: S4W-13322
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for how many homes on average each district heating scheme provides electricity and heat.
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Question reference: S4W-13002
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will investigate why demand for financial support from the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund has been lower than expected.
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Question reference: S4W-13068
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will give to local authorities to deliver an increase in the funded annual provision from 475 hours of pre-school education for three and four-year-olds to a minimum of 600 hours of early learning and childcare for three and four-year-olds and looked-after two-year-olds.
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Question reference: S4W-13067
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of increasing the funded annual provision from 475 hours of pre-school education for three and four-year-olds to a minimum of 600 hours of early learning and childcare for three and four-year-olds and looked-after two-year-olds.