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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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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 7 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-18294

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ScotRail services do not have the same cancellations and significant lateness regulated measure as rail operators in England and Wales.

Question reference: S5W-18292

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06432 by Humza Yousaf on 1February 2017, whether it will provide a breakdown of the elements of the CaSL measures that are captured within PPM, and what additional indicators of this performance are available to rail users.

Question reference: S5W-18331

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06432 by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2017, whether it will prove a breakdown of the elements of the CaSL measures that are not captured within PPM, and what indicators of this performance are not available to rail users because of this.

Question reference: S5W-18295

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06432 by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2017, in which railway control period the PPM was introduced; what preceded it, and what changes have been made since its introduction.

Question reference: S5W-18293

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what statistics are published regarding (a) cancellations and (b) significant lateness by ScotRail services and how this compares to other rail operators.

Question reference: S5O-02322

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of information provided by SPICe that NHS Grampian has received the lowest share of public funding of any NHS board for each of the last nine years, how the new health secretary plans to reimburse NHS Grampian for a funding shortfall totalling £165.6 million over that period.

Question reference: S5W-17520

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 21 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish its plans to promote equal opportunities (a) for women and (b) generally in the public sector, and what action it is taking to improve equal opportunities (i) for women and (ii) generally in (A) Police Scotland and (B) the NHS.

Question reference: S5W-17839

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many farm businesses in (a) Shetland, (b) Orkney, (c) the Highlands, (d) Aberdeenshire and (e) each parliamentary region are still waiting to receive 2016-17 CAP basic payments.

Question reference: S5W-17625

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the higher than expected workload required by the Beef Efficiency Scheme and the additional challenges faced by participating farmers from the exceptional weather in 2017 and 2018, whether it has considered paying participating farmers for years four and five of the scheme.

Question reference: S5W-17522

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 July 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on any farm businesses that have been a victim of email/online fraud regarding the roll-out of annual CAP Basic Payments; how many cases it is aware of, and what information it has on the total value of any such fraud.