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-05246
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 13 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding local authorities provided for social services in each year since 2007-08, also expressed in real terms.
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Question reference: S5W-05247
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 13 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it estimates local authorities will provide for social services in 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-05020
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns of residents in Ellon regarding speeding and the potential for accidents on the section of the A948 that passes through the town and, in light of these, what its position is on reclassifying this section from a rural to an urban area road.
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Question reference: S5W-04755
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) protect fathers' rights and (b) promote a greater recognition of shared parenting.
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Question reference: S5W-04941
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it offers local authorities to introduce supported bus services where commercial network changes have left a social need for a service.
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Question reference: S5W-04754
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on developing an engagement strategy with Japan.
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Question reference: S5W-04753
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on promoting the teaching of the Japanese language in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities.
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Question reference: S5W-04703
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether legislative reform is required to bring its mental health and incapacity legislation into line with human rights law.
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Question reference: S5W-04701
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported concerns that the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 does not require psychiatrists to use the capacity test approved by the European Court of Human Rights and that subsequently (a) patients are being deprived of their legal capacity and (b) this legislation does not comply with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Question reference: S5W-04700
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether a mental health patient who has passed the recognised test of capacity has the right to refuse treatment.