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
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Question reference: S5W-18716
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17794 by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 August 2018, what the spend profile for the Circular Economy Investment Fund (CEIF) will be in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5W-18713
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17796 by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 August 2018, what impact the Circular Economy Investment Fund (CEIF) has had in attracting (a) private and (b) institutional investment, and how many jobs have been created under the contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-18767
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18046 by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 August 2018, how much funding was provided to the four councils that ran the 2012-13 absorbent hygiene product collection pilot, and what the cost of the pilot was.
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Question reference: S5W-18502
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which data sources it has considered for use in supporting a system of ecosystem health indicators.
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Question reference: S5W-18501
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making toward developing a set of ecosystem health indicators, and what target date has been set for its introduction.
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Question reference: S5W-18170
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 10 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many young offenders have been charged with three or more offences in each local authority in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-18012
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of its assets have climate change adaptation plans.
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Question reference: S5W-18169
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many young offenders have been arrested for offences while awaiting trial in each local authority in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-18013
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of procurements through its frameworks in each of the last five years incorporated whole-life (i) carbon footprinting and (ii) costing.
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Question reference: S5W-18015
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of its assets use condition-based monitoring and maintenance.