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: S6W-22841
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the expression of political views by teachers in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-22949
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 24 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many fines have been issued for pavement parking in each year since the legislation on pavement parking prohibition came into force.
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Question reference: S6W-22843
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is providing for college courses in the traditional crafts, particularly stonemasonry, at colleges in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6W-22842
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is providing for colleges to deliver courses on the traditional trades.
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Question reference: S6W-22791
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 24 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been charged up to double the normal council tax rate for homes that have been empty for 12 months or more, or 24 months where the property is being actively marketed for sale, in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-22944
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to help develop new air links between Scottish airports and other destinations.
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Question reference: S6W-22945
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the introduction of a legal age to buy spray paint.
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Question reference: S6W-22947
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with "no fixed abode" have been discharged from hospital in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-22793
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 22 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many supported living developments have been built in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-22796
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to previous commitments by its ministers, how much funding in total it has allocated to each City Region Deal to date, also broken down by project.
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