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: S6W-23001
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its capital expenditure per head of population has been in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-23061
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on businesses within the energy supply sector that have net zero plans in place.
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Question reference: S6W-22698
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on Dundee City Council only posting a draft statement of its accounts for the financial year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-22952
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done to explore potential applications for artificial intelligence in the development and delivery of services for the Armed Forces and veterans community.
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Question reference: S6W-22925
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) agency staff and (b) other third party contractors it employed to provide services related to (i) research, (ii) planning and (iii) implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme in each year since 2017, broken down by associated costs for each year.
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Question reference: S6W-22920
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the area of land suitable for food production that (a) has received planning approval and (b) a planning application has been made in respect of, in the past three years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-22924
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 24 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21948 by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2023, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how many air quality sensors have been deployed in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-22953
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the proportion of sustainable aviation fuel that will be able to be supplied to Scottish airports from domestic production by 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-22954
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential for sustainable aviation fuel production in Scotland by (a) 2025, (b) 2030 and (c) 2045.
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Question reference: S6W-22922
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work (a) has been and (b) is planned to be carried out in relation to mapping biofuel feedstock production.
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