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-11828
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands last met with representatives from the Scottish Crofting Federation, either in person or virtually.
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Question reference: S6W-11658
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many children in the (a) North Ayrshire and (b) Inverclyde local authority area are eligible to receive a free laptop or tablet, and, of those, how many (i) have received and (ii) are yet to receive a free laptop or tablet.
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Question reference: S6W-11749
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service latest court backlog statistics showing that the average time taken between pleading diet and evidence led trial for the High Court has more than doubled compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-11693
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the lack of dental spaces for new NHS patients in Inverclyde, in light of reports that every practice in the area is closed to new patients.
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Question reference: S6W-11657
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of trends in the number of car thefts in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-11737
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the (a) UK Government, (b) North Ayrshire Council and (c) other stakeholders regarding the future of energy generation in Ardeer, in light of reports that the Fusion Forward (Ardeer) Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) bid was unsuccessful.
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Question reference: S6W-11695
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage the parents of children living in the most deprived areas to register their child with NHS dental services.
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Question reference: S6W-11245
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work was conducted by (a) its, (b) Police Scotland and (c) Scottish Prison Service staff to get Peter Tobin to disclose the location of where he buried the remains of his victims.
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Question reference: S6W-11681
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time taken was to complete the Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs) that ended in 2021-22, measured by the date on which a death was reported to the Procurator Fiscal to the date on which evidence concluded to the FAI.
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Question reference: S6W-11680
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, of the 44 Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs) that ended during 2021-22, what five FAIs took the longest time period to conclude, broken down by the time taken for each.
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