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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 2 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-02966

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Spaces for People scheme, which temporary installations have been removed or reversed; which of the infrastructure is scheduled to be removed or reversed; how much it will cost to remove or reverse this infrastructure, and what the original cost was of each project.

Question reference: S6T-00146

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the announcement by the UK Government not to proceed with plans to introduce vaccine passports.

Question reference: S6W-02372

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether buses funded through the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme (SULEBS) that were built abroad have been subsidised by foreign governments, and, if so, to what extent.

Question reference: S6W-02373

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it put in place to prevent money allocated through the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme (SULEBS) from being spent outside of Scotland and the UK.

Question reference: S6W-02371

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of where buses funded through the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme (SULEBS) are being built.

Question reference: S6W-02205

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent estimate is of government investment in infrastructure, and what information it has regarding how this compares with other OECD countries.

Question reference: S6W-02202

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the adoption of the sustainable investment hierarchy will have an impact on decisions to proceed with any of the road-building projects that it has previously committed to.

Question reference: S6W-02182

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what progress has been made with the delivery of the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26, and whether it will provide the Parliament with regular updates.

Question reference: S6W-02217

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the funding in the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-2026 has been allocated to projects related to (a) utility networks, (b) transport and (c) digital communications.

Question reference: S6W-02116

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what funding mechanism it plans to use for the works on the sections of the A9 that are still to be dualled.