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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 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S4O-03479

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the potential effect of the UK Government’s bareboat charter tax on the oil and gas industry.

Question reference: S4W-22165

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22030 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2014, whether it has information regarding the length of sanction imposed for people in each category in each year.

Question reference: S4W-22031

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government which projects have been funded by the Welfare Reform Resilience Fund in 2014-15.

Question reference: S4W-22030

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of (a) disabled people, (b) lone parents, (c) women and (d) young people who received a jobseekers allowance sanction in Scotland in each year from 2009 to 2013.

Question reference: S4W-21916

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2014
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update of the action it is taking to implement the Renewable Heat Action Plan in order to deliver its target to meet 11% of heat demand from renewable sources by 2020.

Question reference: S4O-03411

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the application in schools of Getting it Right for Every Child for children who require additional support.

Question reference: S4W-20805

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to increase the availability of adult changing places since 2011.

Question reference: S4W-20808

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many of its agencies provide adult changing places.

Question reference: S4W-20806

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it provides subsidies to bodies looking to install adult changing places.

Question reference: S4W-20807

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has given consideration to making provision of adult changing places a requirement of large developments or transport hubs.