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: S5O-03717
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the management of the geese and stoat populations in Orkney.
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Question reference: S5O-03700
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to museums and other heritage sites.
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Question reference: S5W-25166
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its consultation on the regulation of electricians that was announced in its Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5O-03494
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how Ministers ensure that they engage with the public in all parts of Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S5W-24511
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 26 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many official visits the First Minister has undertaken in Scotland since 16 May 2007, broken down by (a) year and (b) parliamentary constituency and region.
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Question reference: S5W-23675
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the financial penalty for Fair Start providers that fail to deliver individual placement and support has been removed from the Fair Start Scotland Quality and Compliance Decision Making Log and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-23676
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether individual placement and support provision under schedule 1 of the Fair Start Scotland Specification and Service Levels is measured monthly via a random sample of service providers caseload management records and, if so, what the findings of this reporting has been, including (a) how many are people are accessing it and (b) what the geographic availability is.
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Question reference: S5W-23603
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment in its Economic Action Plan 2018-20 to publish its Future Skills Action Plan "in early 2019", by what date this will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-23561
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many referrals were recorded in each contract area by Fair Start Scotland in the last year; how many starts there were, and how many participants (a) started a job after joining, (b) were in employment for at least (i) 13 and (ii) 26 weeks, (c) left the service early and (d) enrolled in the Health and Work Support pilot.
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Question reference: S5O-03345
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with farmers regarding the impact of the Orkney Native Wildlife Project on the agricultural sector.
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