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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 25 December 2024
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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.

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.

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.

Question reference: S4O-04233

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2015
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek an extension to the deadline for the registration of single application forms for rural payments and services.

Question reference: S4W-24879

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the projected number is of (a) primary and (b) secondary headteachers who will hold the new professional masters qualification by (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22.

Question reference: S4W-24878

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether headteachers in post prior to the introduction of the professional masters qualification in 2018-19 will be required to undertake the new qualification if they wish to move to another headship.

Question reference: S4W-24820

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many arrests have been made by the British Transport Police in Scotland (a) on trains and (b) at train stations, and how many incidents the force has responded to, in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S4W-24824

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that there have been a high number of accidents at the Ryze trampoline park in Dalkeith; what discussions it had had with Midlothian Council about this issue, and what information it has about whether investigations are (a) taking place or (b) are planned.

Question reference: S4W-24826

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities regarding the granting of indoor sports entertainment licences and the inspection of establishments that have these.

Question reference: S4W-24862

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 20 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer question S4W-24689 by Fiona McLeod on 11 March 2015, whether it will provide details of the "publicly available information" and the funding model agreed with COSLA, and how it used this information to calculate the £880 million figure.