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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 21 July 2024
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Question reference: S6W-02686

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray will include funding for current projects and workforce commitments; if so, which ones, and what funding will be available for new projects.

Question reference: S6W-02679

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how and (b) to whom it will distribute the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray.

Question reference: S6W-02678

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what the projected outcomes and targets are for the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray.

Question reference: S6W-02680

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray, whether there will be an application process to receive funding; if so, how the application process will work; how decisions to allocate funding will be taken, and by whom.

Question reference: S6W-02693

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what obligations relating to the installation of replacement boiler systems will be placed on users of gas-fired boiler systems from 2025.

Question reference: S6W-02695

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what it expects the cost to be of the transition to non-gas boiler systems per household; by what method this has been calculated; on whom will responsibility fall to meet these costs, and what financial support will be provided to households to help them meet any of the costs.

Question reference: S6W-02566

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to establish a fund to support island and rural communities to end their reliance on fossil fuels, and, if so, (a) what the monetary value of the fund will be, (b) by what method the value of the fund was calculated and (c) by what date the fund will be introduced.

Question reference: S6W-02464

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01360 by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021, for what reason the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has no zero-emission vehicles in its fleet; whether it has provided COPFS with funding to obtain zero-emission vehicles and, if so, how much funding it has provided, and when.

Question reference: S6W-02564

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed plan for how the funding for rail infrastructure under the Borderlands City Deal will be spent and in which financial year(s); whether any of the funding will be used for a feasibility study on the rail extension from Tweedbank to Carlisle via Hawick, and, if so, what the timescale is for the (a) commencement of the study and (b) publication of its report.

Question reference: S6W-02668

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its cooperation agreement with the Scottish Green Party, whether it will provide an update on the progress of the A90 Montrose link road and whether any changes will be made to the delivery of the project.