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-13069
- 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 whether its spending review plans include funding 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-12931
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is implementing to support the development of combined heat and power plants by (a) communities and (b) public sector institutions.
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Question reference: S4W-12934
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many new combined heat and power plants have been brought online since 2009 and how many will have been brought online by 2020.
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Question reference: S4W-12935
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of energy consumption (a) is being met and (b) will be met in 2020 by combined heat and power plants.
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Question reference: S4W-12930
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to support the development of combined heat and power plants in the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S4W-12933
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it is allocating in the 2013-14 budget to support the development of combined heat and power plants.
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Question reference: S4W-13004
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial benefit to the economy resulting from the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund.
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Question reference: S4W-13000
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications there have been to the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund.
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Question reference: S4W-13001
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund it expected in each year of the fund.
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Question reference: S4W-13005
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the release of £15 million from the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund for other projects on the fund’s ability to help deliver (a) 28,000 jobs and (b) £7.1 billion to the economy.