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-09985
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to recent statistics, which show that housebreaking figures in Govanhill have more than doubled in two years.
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Question reference: S5W-09861
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 10 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to fill mental health vacancies at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
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Question reference: S5W-09947
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response it to the Scottish Housing Regulator document, Report on statutory intervention at Wellhouse Housing Association, in which the regulator detailed the "fundamental failings" that led to its intervention.
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Question reference: S5W-09860
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated annual running cost is of Glasgow's safer drug consumption facility.
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Question reference: S5W-09659
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost implications would be of the reported delay in the implementation of electric trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh main line.
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Question reference: S5W-09680
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent EIS survey, in which 86% of respondees said that they believed that their burden has increased in the last year, with 19% saying that they would not recommend teaching as a profession.
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Question reference: S5W-09682
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it issues regarding the allocation of the Pupil Equity Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-09515
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the quality of rivers.
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Question reference: S5O-01083
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to prevent violent crime.
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Question reference: S5W-08766
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures from the Local Data Company suggesting that, in the last year, more shops closed in Scotland than in any other part of the UK.
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