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: S5O-02857
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its commitment to invest £500 million to expand early learning and childcare provision will have on demand for skilled staff and infrastructure investment opportunities in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.
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Question reference: S5O-02837
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how the Five Routes – One Great Adventure initiative could help promote tourism in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.
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Question reference: S5O-02817
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether non-looked after kinship carers should receive the same level of financial support that fosters carers and looked after kinship carers receive when looking after children who have experienced family break-ups or the death of a parent.
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Question reference: S5W-20652
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) in 2018.
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Question reference: S5O-02728
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how its homelessness action plan will help to end rough sleeping and homelessness in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.
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Question reference: S5W-20476
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the number of modern apprenticeship places in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.
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Question reference: S5O-02636
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support new research into the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis in order to improve responses to anaphylactic events in hospitals and other settings.
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Question reference: S5O-02597
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how its various departments support measures to increase GDP in Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S5W-19770
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic impact would be on Scotland of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of the Ireland.
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Question reference: S5O-02522
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the analysis of the UK Budget, which states that the announced changes to tax overwhelmingly benefit the richest households.