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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

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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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 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S5W-00069

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 May 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 May 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what mechanism it will use over the next four years to allocate resources from the Scottish Attainment Fund to schools.

Question reference: S4O-05691

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the final report of the Commission on Widening Access regarding improving skills among the workforce.

Question reference: S4W-29967

  • 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 Angela Constance on 3 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria the national improvement framework uses to measure the extent of the attainment gap.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.