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: S4O-01889
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 7 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in shifting coal freight from roads to rail and other forms of transport.
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Question reference: S4O-01805
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support Carrick Community Councils' Forum in creating a Lion of Alba sculpture and visitor centre at Turnberry, birthplace of Robert the Bruce, as a permanent legacy of the 2014 Year of Homecoming.
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Question reference: S4O-01754
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its priorities are for sentencing policy.
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Question reference: S4O-01664
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it is developing the ancestry theme for Homecoming Scotland 2014 and how it is supporting cultural events that promote and celebrate Robert the Bruce connections.
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Question reference: S4O-01621
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what key issues were raised by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing at NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s annual board review meeting on 17 December 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-10599
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with a diagnosis or co-diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder were prescribed drugs in each of the following categories (a) hypnotics and anxiolytics, (b) psychoses and related disorders, (c) antidepressants and (d) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11, broken down by age.
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Question reference: S4O-01440
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what further measures it will take to prevent the sexual exploitation of children, to support its victims and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Question reference: S4W-10131
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many people diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder were prescribed (a) hypnotics and anxiolytics and (b) antidepressants for (i) psychoses and related disorders and (ii) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 2011-12, broken down by age.
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