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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

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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 6 January 2025
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Question reference: S5W-20722

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how Highland and Islands Airports Limited’s plans to centralise air traffic control (ATC) towers could impact on (a) safety, (b) the resilience of ATC services, (c) employment and (d) the economies of the communities near the airports.

Question reference: S5W-20718

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the annual economic impact on (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland has been of reduced fares on ferry services.

Question reference: S5W-20717

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with ferry operators regarding the delivery of reduced fares on Northern Isles' services. 

Question reference: S5W-20723

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 8 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list those policies and positions that were set out in its 2013 white paper, Scotland’s Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland, which are no longer its current policy or preferred options.

Question reference: S5W-20724

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 8 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether its 2013 white paper, Scotland’s Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland, continues to reflect its policy.

Question reference: S5W-20376

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many participants in the Fair Start Scotland programme have (a) been offered and (b) received Individual Placement and Support, broken down by contract area.

Question reference: S5O-02670

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in implementing the recommendations of the Chief Medical Officer’s advisory group on maternity and paediatric services at Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin.

Question reference: S5O-02566

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the local government financial settlement on public services.

Question reference: S5W-19214

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many compensation claims against (a) it, (b) its agencies, (c) the NHS and (d) local authorities for catastrophic personal injury have been settled using (i) periodical payment orders since 28 March 2017 and (ii) the discount rate in each year since 2012-13.

Question reference: S5W-19220

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation claims against (a) it, (b) its agencies, (c) the NHS and (d) local authorities will increase by following the decision to set the discount rate at -0.75%, effective from 28 March 2017; how much will be required to be set aside to meet these claims, and what additional funding it will provide to assist with payment.