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-12532
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to reconsider its position on new nuclear power in Scotland in light of its decision to ban fracking.
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Question reference: S5W-12529
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to protecting agricultural land surrounding Langholm from aggressive development.
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Question reference: S5W-12530
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it balances the needs of farming and forestry in rural communities such as Langholm.
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Question reference: S5W-12544
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many individual cases regarding (a) delayed and (b) outstanding farm payments has it been made aware of.
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Question reference: S5O-01509
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of outstanding repairs required to local authority schools.
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Question reference: S5W-12540
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support mentoring for young people.
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Question reference: S5W-12526
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of capital spending on new nursery provision in each of the last five years went to (a) private and (b) voluntary organisations.
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Question reference: S5W-12536
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers undertook General Teaching Council for Scotland-accredited into headship training in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-12522
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many nursery places it expects there to be in each local authority by 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-12521
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many nursery places there are in each local authority.