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-10654
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many passenger journeys were made on ScotRail trains from January to July 2022, broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-09822
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of the recent pay agreement with train drivers is, which budgets the money will come from and whether any other budgets will have to be cut in order to finance the settlement.
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Question reference: S6W-09580
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions Transport Scotland has had with ScotRail about procuring battery trains to run on Scotland’s rail network.
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Question reference: S6W-09581
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many battery trains it plans to procure for ScotRail in the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-09690
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many free bicycles it has provided to children, broken down by local authority, and how much has been spent on this scheme to date.
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Question reference: S6W-09342
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to the drivers of hackney cabs to purchase vehicles that are compliant with low-emission zones.
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Question reference: S6W-09343
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many hackney cabs are (a) compliant (b) not compliant with the planned low-emission zones in (i) Glasgow and (ii) Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6W-08734
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with veterans groups to discuss concessionary travel proposals.
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Question reference: S6W-08733
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any analysis of the operation of Transport for London’s Veteran Oyster Card scheme, and whether it will consider rolling out a similar scheme in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-08735
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage more injured veterans to use public transport.
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