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
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Question reference: S6W-12924
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the "Activities and Milestones (NR)" section on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, what is meant by the line that reads "Approval in principle, Asset Manager accepts design", which has an aspirational date of August 2023, and is described as "Revised", and what date this has been revised to.
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Question reference: S6W-12920
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, whether it is on track to "decarbonise the Aberdeen to Central Belt route by 2030".
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Question reference: S6W-12921
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the "several opportunities to enhance the freight gauge along the line of route" are, as set out under the "Interfaces and Assumptions" on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-12919
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the "Scope of Works" set out on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, and how developed any consideration of this is.
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Question reference: S6W-12917
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reference to its announcement of an additional £200 million of funding on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, when it anticipates it will have distributed all of this funding, and whether it will provide details of exactly what the funding will be spent on.
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Question reference: S6W-12918
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it plans to achieve each of the "Transport Scotland Required Outputs" listed on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-12922
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the "Missed" milestone, "Agree single option", on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, which had an aspirational date of May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12885
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the operation and administration of the £36 million Climate Justice Fund, and how many civil servants are involved.
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Question reference: S6W-12887
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants are working to tackle climate change and help achieve Scotland's net zero commitments.
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Question reference: S6W-12886
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the operation and administration of the £5 million loss and damage funding announced at COP27, and how many civil servants are involved.
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