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-17652
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 31 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many British Sign Language (BSL) teachers are employed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-17653
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 31 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided in each year since 1999 to support British Sign Language (BSL).
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Question reference: S4W-17459
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many play parks there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-17478
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of potential future flooding in Comrie.
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Question reference: S4F-01623
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2013
To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with the organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games regarding ticket allocations.
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Question reference: S4W-17479
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake a review of the Bellwin Scheme.
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Question reference: S4W-17477
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with officials from Perth and Kinross Council prior to the council's application under the Bellwin Scheme to cover additional expenditure incurred by flooding in Comrie in 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-17476
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government which elements of Perth and Kinross Council’s claim under the Bellwin Scheme to cover additional expenditure incurred by flooding in Comrie in 2012 were deemed ineligible for assistance because they were not (a) incurred as a result of providing relief or carrying out works to safeguard life or property or prevent suffering or severe inconvenience, (b) of a revenue nature, (c) net of any receivable income from other sources, (d) of an uninsurable nature and (e) incurred within a two month period from the date of the incident and what the total financial value was of these elements.
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Question reference: S4W-17342
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what projects the £23.5 million legacy funding has been allocated to, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-17395
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported concerns that the minimum height for clearance of electricity cables over arable fields can be unsafe for large-scale farm machinery.
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