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-25681
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the location of public sector bodies.
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Question reference: S4W-25532
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of school vandalism have been reported to the police in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S4W-25536
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 27 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to help town centre regeneration in (a) Perthshire and (b) Kinross-shire.
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Question reference: S4F-02830
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 May 2015
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is regarding the concerns expressed by parents and pupils about the recent SQA Higher Mathematics paper.
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Question reference: S4W-25535
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve road safety on the A92.
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Question reference: S4W-25533
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of repairs arising from school vandalism has been in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S4W-25534
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 21 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities to take forward flood defence projects.
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Question reference: S4W-25427
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 12 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the finding of the 2014 Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy suggesting that literacy standards among schoolchildren have fallen and, in light of this, for what reason its Standing Literacy Commission has previously claimed that such standards have improved.
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Question reference: S4F-02788
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 May 2015
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the concerns raised by the charity, Clan Childlaw, regarding the data-sharing aspect of the named person legislation.
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Question reference: S4W-25387
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 8 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the number of disabled people enrolled in modern apprenticeships.
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