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: S4W-28317
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to produce an e-commerce strategy.
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Question reference: S4O-04808
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve outcomes for people who have survived an acquired brain injury in Lothian.
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Question reference: S4O-04763
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a £13 million underspend by the Rural Affairs, Food and Environment portfolio in 2014-15.
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Question reference: S4W-27858
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4F-02982 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 October 2015 (Official Report, c. 20), whether it will confirm how much of the (a) £31 million of European regional development funding and (b) £47 million of funding from Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council is (i) new and (ii) existing money.
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Question reference: S4W-27843
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 26 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27661 by Annabelle Ewing on 1 October 2015, when the audit and compliance procedures will be completed and what action it will then take to make available the information that was requested.
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Question reference: S4W-27842
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 26 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27660 by Annabelle Ewing on 1 October 2015, when the audit and compliance procedures will be completed and what action it will then take to make available the information that was requested.
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Question reference: S4O-04713
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government in which month the evaluation of the Youth Employment Scotland Fund will be completed and whether it will publish the full evaluation.
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Question reference: S4W-27663
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out regarding what the potential financial impact could be on higher education institutions of an Office for National Statistics' reclassification of Scotland's universities, and whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S4W-27664
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out regarding how the Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill could impact on the possibility of an Office for National Statistics' reclassification of Scotland's universities, and whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S4W-27624
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of the UK's foreign direct investment jobs have been created in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.