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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

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Question reference: S4W-22231

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21204 by Keith Brown 2 June 2014, what budget was the source of the additional funding allocated to Argyll Ferries for the contract year to June 2014.

Question reference: S4O-03441

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide communities in the Highlands and Islands with access to fast and reliable broadband.

Question reference: S4W-21820

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-20524 by Keith Brown on 22 April 2014, what the budgeted cost was in 2013-14.

Question reference: S4W-21823

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the anticipated total cost of the public service contract with Argyll Ferries (a) was when signed in 2011 and (b) will be at the end of the contract.

Question reference: S4W-21727

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 26 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what will be discussed at the meeting between the Deputy First Minister and the Dunoon-Gourock Ferry Action Group scheduled for 30 June 2014.

Question reference: S4O-03394

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the European Commission's proposal to lift the Faroe Islands' herring sanctions that are in place to deter unsustainable fishing practices.

Question reference: S4W-21588

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21231 by Keith Brown on 2 June 2014, whether the quantum of dividend that could have been repaid to the Scottish Government has been diminished by the costs associated with the Gotland tender.

Question reference: S4W-21587

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-20838 and S4W-21231 by Keith Brown on 9 May and 2 June 2014 respectively, for what reason the additional costs of providing Argyll Ferries' service have not been paid from the reserves of the parent company, David MacBrayne Limited.

Question reference: S4W-21585

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-20838 by Keith Brown on 9 May 2014, whether it will provide a breakdown of the costs associated with making the MV Argyll Flyer the lead vessel.

The MV Argyll Flyer was switched to 'lead' vessel on the Gourock-Dunoon route to improve reliability, following a formal request to Transport Scotland from local ferry users.

This switch required changes to the established rosters and shift patterns. These, along with associated increased maintenance and repair costs, increased berthing dues and increased overheads and operators return, have generated additional operating costs.

The breakdown of these costs is commercially confidential.

Question reference: S4W-21586

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-20838 by Keith Brown on 9 May 2014, whether, by adding historic grant payments made to Argyll Ferries and the projected costs to June 2017, the Argyll Ferries' service is now more expensive than the other bids received during the tender process.