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-27599
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on taking account of the distance of care homes from people's registered addresses when allocating places, and what guidance it issues to local authorities on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-27508
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the budget for the Strategic Timber Transport Fund has been in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-27406
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of Abellio ScotRail’s claim for damages from Network Rail for disruption during upgrade works at Glasgow Queen Street station.
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Question reference: S5W-27546
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the total amount set aside for active travel is in its draft budget, broken down by level 4 budget line, and how this compares with (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-27545
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £103.2 million increase in the rail franchise budget for 2020-21 is for (a) revenue and (b) profit support adjustments, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how much it has paid out in these adjustments under the current (i) ScotRail and (ii) Caledonian Sleeper franchise.
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Question reference: S5W-27404
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the number of station staff employed by Abellio ScotRail reportedly decreased by over 380, or 25%, between December 2015 and March 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-27547
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500 million fund to improve bus priority infrastructure will be allocated before May 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-27548
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500 million fund to improve bus priority infrastructure is dedicated to the Bus Partnership Fund, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how the remaining money will be allocated.
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Question reference: S5W-27405
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £520 million rail franchise budget for 2020-21 is allocated to (a) Abellio ScotRail and (b) Serco Caledonian Sleeper.
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Question reference: S5W-27543
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with its commitment to "consult on Scotland's ambition to make the transformative shift to zero or ultra-low emission city centres by 2030", and by what date this consultation will be (a) launched and (b) completed.