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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

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Question reference: S5W-35166

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it will allocate the £40 million announced for the Agricultural Transformation Programme in 2021-22.

Question reference: S5W-35164

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to utilise the remaining spend of the Agricultural Transformation Programme, committed to in the 2020-21 draft Budget.

The majority of the capital funding allocation has now been assigned to the Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme and for additional Scottish Forestry projects. Regrettably the impact of COVID-19 has made it difficult to progress a loans scheme for capital projects in 2020-21. This type of funding is challenging to use, given the need to avoid displacing private sector backed lending, and any such lending must be done in a way that is consistent with subsidy controls and UK international trading commitments.

Question reference: S5F-04809

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2021

To ask the First Minister when projects to dual the A9 and A96 roads are expected to be completed.

Question reference: S5O-04970

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed timeline for the publication of the successor plan to the 2014 Heart Disease Improvement Plan.

Question reference: S5O-04883

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what additional support the NHS will require over the first quarter of 2021.

Question reference: S5O-04824

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding it has made available to its enterprise agencies, which have been supporting economic recovery during the pandemic.

Question reference: S5O-04693

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of COVID-19 on businesses across the Highlands and Islands.

Question reference: S5O-04674

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how Police Scotland ensures that people held in custody have access to all appropriate support services that they require.

Question reference: S5O-04572

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on tourism businesses in the Highlands and Islands.

Question reference: S5O-04551

Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis the finance secretary has made of the financial sustainability of Scotland's universities and colleges.