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-32926
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available to taxi drivers whose businesses have been affected by COVID-19 restrictions but who (a) do not have business bank accounts and (b) are not registered for non-domestic rates.
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Question reference: S5W-32838
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the news release issued by CalMac Ferries on 24 August 2020, whether it will list the location at which dry dock maintenance work will be carried out on each ferry.
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Question reference: S5W-32831
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25863 by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 October 2019, what it considers to be "genuine workforce engagement" in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement with the trade unions recognised under the contract for Northern Isles Ferry Services.
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Question reference: S5W-32839
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the age of the CalMac fleet will have on the dry docking maintenance work required by the lifeline fleet over the next four years.
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Question reference: S5W-32835
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK will be supported by the Project Torridon procurement process.
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Question reference: S5W-32832
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government who the successful bidders were for Lot (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the Project Torridon procurement process, and on what date the contract starts.
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Question reference: S5W-32834
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is to (a) CalMac Ferries Ltd and (b) Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd of dry docking maintenance and overhaul contracts tendered under the Project Torridon procurement process.
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Question reference: S5W-32924
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of apprenticeships in Scotland that will be created by CalMac Ferries Ltd's ferry maintenance and overhaul strategy in each year between 2020 and 2024.
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Question reference: S5W-31741
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the free bus travel scheme for under-19s will be introduced.
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Question reference: S5W-32927
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its COVID-19 Restrictions Fund excludes businesses such as tax drivers who (a) do not have business bank accounts or (b) are not registered for non-domestic rates, in light of their businesses being affected by COVID-19 restrictions.
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