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-12372
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with its plans to develop nationwide segregated walking and cycling routes, including those not just on newly-built roads, and how much is being allocated from its active transport budget towards this.
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Question reference: S5W-12462
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to encourage electric vehicle usage.
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Question reference: S5W-12459
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many electric vehicle charging points there are in Scotland, and where they are located.
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Question reference: S5W-12458
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points, and where they will be located.
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Question reference: S5W-12461
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it encourages electric car usage, particularly in rural areas.
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Question reference: S5W-12429
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the Audit Scotland report, Transport Scotland’s ferry services, whether it is aware of any issues that have arisen regarding officials’ training and experience in respect of the Gourock-Dunoon tender process.
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Question reference: S5W-12428
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the Audit Scotland report, Transport Scotland’s ferry services, what its position is on whether the Gourock-Dunoon service’s cost-to-subsidy ratio illustrates that the service level is excessive and inappropriate in respect to the needs of the community.
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Question reference: S5W-12430
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the Audit Scotland report, Transport Scotland’s ferry services, what its position is on whether the requirement to provide an additional vessel on the Gourock-Dunoon route over winter indicates that the vessels on the route are inappropriate.
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Question reference: S5W-12427
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the Audit Scotland report, Transport Scotland’s ferry services, whether it will provide a breakdown of the difference between the original contracted non-fuel subsidy payments and the actual non-fuel subsidy payments for each contract year.
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Question reference: S5W-12136
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many collisions there were on trunk roads in (a) the last quarter and (b) winter 2016-17.
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