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: S6W-15368
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline any specific actions it is taking to reverse the reported long-term decline in the number of dairy herds, and what its most recent estimate is of the number of dairy herds.
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Question reference: S6W-15316
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service court transcripts contract is due for renewal; whether it will be put out to tender, and what its position is on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-15163
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of Police Scotland Special Constables fell to 423 in 2022, compared with 1,394 in 2014, and what steps it is taking to increase the number of Special Constables.
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Question reference: S6W-15343
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14658 by Keith Brown on 22 February 2023, whether it will provide a breakdown of the statistics by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-15237
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings in the WWF report, Affordable Warmth: Next Steps for Clean Heat in Scotland, in light of reports that Scotland will fall "significantly short" of its target for decarbonising heating in homes.
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Question reference: S6W-14773
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of children living in temporary accommodation has risen by 31% in three years to 9,130.
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Question reference: S6W-14704
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) summary and (b) solemn cases resulted in a community payback order (CPO) being issued, broken down by each year for which data is available.
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Question reference: S6W-15165
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to new data showing that the number of registered businesses in Scotland has reportedly fallen to its lowest since 2016, including the number of large companies with 250+ employees.
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Question reference: S6W-15370
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its priorities under the 2022 Farming Opportunities for New Entrants (FONE) programme were met, including its priority to make available 400 hectares of publicly-owned land to new entrants.
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Question reference: S6W-15381
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the downloading and use of TikTok on civil servants' phones, in light of reports of potential privacy and security concerns.
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