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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

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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 20 July 2024
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Question reference: S6W-08738

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when residents of Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire who have been directly affected by the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will receive any compensation that they are due.

Question reference: S6W-08743

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the conclusion of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch into the Carmont rail crash, when it will replace the 25 Class 43 HSTs in the ScotRail fleet, and, if Transport Scotland's position remains that this will occur only when "Network Rail has completed the electrification of all or most of the routes they serve", as reported in The Herald on 21 May 2022, when that electrification will be completed.

Question reference: S6W-08651

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation Transport Scotland has paid to motorists and businesses for vehicle damage sustained on Scotland’s trunk road network, and on which trunk roads these incidents occurred, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-08647

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on travel expenses for ministers, civil servants or other staff to travel on Edinburgh’s trams network, in each year since 2014.

Question reference: S6W-08648

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many vehicles are currently in its fleet, including its agencies, broken down by the number of (a) electric, (b) hybrid, (c) diesel and (d) petrol vehicles.

Question reference: S6W-08589

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to help local authorities ensure that they have a solution to waste management, in light of its plans to ban all non-household biodegradable waste from entering landfill by 2025.

Question reference: S6W-08586

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with (a) industry and (b) local authorities to develop a strategic approach to planning and developing waste collection, reprocessing and management facilities.

Question reference: S6W-08585

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to report greenhouse gas emissions from incineration separately from other energy-related emissions.

Question reference: S6W-08588

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with (a) industry and (b) local authorities regarding making data from waste, particularly for incineration, more transparent and accessible to stakeholders.

Question reference: S6W-08584

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the recommendations in the report of Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland it has already adopted, and how many it is planning to adopt.