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: S5W-31962
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will consider the expressions of interest it has received in developing a new medical school, and when a final decision will be made on its preferred location.
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Question reference: S5W-31961
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners who live in the Highlands have been accommodated outwith HMP Inverness in each month between March and August 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-31959
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what rehabilitation courses are being run at HMP Inverness; in what ways the delivery of these have been impacted by social distancing measures, and how many prisoners have (a) attended and (b) completed such courses in each month between March and August 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-31960
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30924 by Humza Yousaf on 20 August 2020, whether it will specify the current prison capacity at HMP Inverness that was determined by a dynamic risk assessment.
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Question reference: S5O-04627
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether community councils have been able to fully contribute to local government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-31547
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 14 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when physical work on delivering Lot 1 of the R100 high-speed broadband programme will (a) begin and (b) be completed.
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Question reference: S5O-04599
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional action it is taking to protect apprenticeship schemes in the Highlands and Islands, and how this compares with the rest of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-31425
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30897 by Fergus Ewing on 20 August 2020, whether the Rural Payments and Services CAP digital platform was able to assess and process all payments without overrides or manual intervention; how many staff were required to process payments in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020, and whether the loans are processed via the Rural Payments and Services CAP digital platform, or are processed via a separate digital platform.
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Question reference: S5W-30924
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30426 by Humza Yousaf on 21 July 2020, what the maximum capacity of HMP Inverness is when adhering to the latest advice on social-distancing measures.
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Question reference: S5W-30897
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 20 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether its IT system for common agricultural payments is fully operational and able to process payments in accordance with the specifications that were set out when it was purchased and, if so, for what reason loans are being issued for basic payment claims that were submitted in May 2020.