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-35356
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 13 January 2021 (Official Report, c.17), whether it will provide a breakdown of the £160 million that the cabinet secretary said he had already committed for education recovery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what other funding has been committed towards this since that date.
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Question reference: S5W-35361
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the estimated cost of constructing the Glen Sannox and vessel 802, and by what date each vessel will be operational.
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Question reference: S5W-35359
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many teacher vacancies there have been in (a) North Ayrshire and (b) Arran in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-35357
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent per pupil on schools in (a) North Ayrshire and (b) Arran in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-35353
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic growth figure for (a) North Ayrshire and (b) Arran has been in each year since 2016, broken down by quarter.
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Question reference: S5W-35151
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will allocate any Barnett consequentials arising from the announcement by the UK Government of an additional £3.5 billion funding to deal with unsafe cladding.
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Question reference: S5W-35065
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that some pupils will not potentially return to the classroom until mid-April.
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Question reference: S5W-34378
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm that in all cases, across all NHS boards, frontline health workers will be prioritised for the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of other healthcare staff who do not directly come into contact with the virus as part of their work.
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Question reference: S5W-34934
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it can offer to NHS Ayrshire and Arran, in light of reports that it is responding to a significant rise in COVID-19 cases and staff are having to self-isolate.
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Question reference: S5W-35170
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of the number of pupils who are still unable to access remote learning through digital devices at home.
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