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: S4W-29683
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 2 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-29415 by Alasdair Allan on 2 February 2016, how the £1 million that was announced in December 2012 was allocated and what information it has regarding how many instruments were purchased, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-29933
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what organisations have received funding from the £1 million Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund, broken down by (a) memorial and (b) amount.
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Question reference: S4F-03269
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2016
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the BBC's proposal to introduce a "Scottish Six" news programme.
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Question reference: S4O-05582
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Scottish Prison Service’s plan to deliver smoke-free indoor prison facilities.
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Question reference: S4W-29685
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 22 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much each local authority has raised from charging for school pupils' music tuition in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S4W-29684
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 22 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18461 by Alasdair Allan on 3 December 2013, what information it has regarding how many pupils in each local authority have been learning a musical instrument in each year since 2012-13.
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Question reference: S4W-29426
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many school inspectors have been employed each year since 2005, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-29367
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 5 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been members of angling clubs over the last five years, broken down by (a) ordinary and (b) country membership.
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Question reference: S4W-29415
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 2 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to each local authority to offer free musical instrument lessons for school pupils in each year since 2007 and how many pupils have received them, also expressed as a percentage.
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Question reference: S4O-05517
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what innovative steps it is taking to help improve skills and provide training for adults.
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