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: S6F-01697
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
To ask the First Minister, in light of the extension of bus fare caps in England, whether the Scottish Government supports capping bus fares in Scotland for those aged between 22 and 60.
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Question reference: S6W-13027
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12031 by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022, which 16 organisations that applied to the Ayrshire Rural and Islands Ambition (ARIA) Fund progressed from the technical check stage to the assessment stage; which organisation failed the technical check process, and what the technical check was that it failed.
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Question reference: S6W-13025
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11897 by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022, (a) how much and (b) what percentage of its overall allocation to the Community Led Local Development Fund has been allocated by Local Action Groups to staffing and resourcing, and (i) how much and (ii) what percentage was allocated to staffing and resourcing by each group.
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Question reference: S6W-13026
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11899 by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022, how many applications for funding from the Ayrshire Rural and Islands Ambition (ARIA) Fund indirectly included local authorities as beneficiaries, and how many, if any, progressed to the assessment stage.
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Question reference: S6W-13002
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many active working groups there are that fall under the remit of transport, and whether it will provide a list of these groups.
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Question reference: S6O-01654
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports parents who are required for jury service with childcare.
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Question reference: S6O-01625
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure NHS staffing levels are maintained at appropriate levels.
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Question reference: S6W-11937
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ScotRail staff are reportedly subject to the public sector pay policy whereas CalMac staff are not.
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Question reference: S6O-01611
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it will support any Members’ staff who are dealing with added financial challenges and pressures after the homeworking allowance payment was discontinued in October.
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Question reference: S6W-11897
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in allocating the Ayrshire Rural and Islands Ambition (ARIA) Fund, and (a) how much and (b) what percentage of the available funding has been allocated to the Ayrshire Local Action Group to cover staffing and resourcing costs in connection with the distribution of the Fund.
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