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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

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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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 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-13951

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many farm businesses applied for the basic payments loan scheme by the end of 2017, and how many of those have received a loan payment.

Question reference: S5W-13954

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when the IT system responsible for processing common agricultural basic payments is expected to be fully functional.

Question reference: S5W-13952

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects all 2017-18 common agricultural basic payments to be paid.

Question reference: S5O-01710

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, what action it is taking to correct the £165.6 million discrepancy in NHS Grampian's funding, which the Scottish Parliament Information Centre has suggested has arisen because the board's NRAC funding targets have not been met since 2009.

Question reference: S5W-13381

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported criticisms that a consultation held by NHS Tayside into local mental health services did not take into account the majority of views submitted, what consideration it has given to requesting that the consultation be re-opened.

Question reference: S5W-13309

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on ScotRail reducing on-board facilities such as catering in order to improve profitability.

Question reference: S5W-13273

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether ScotRail should be a profit-making franchise.

Question reference: S5W-13274

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns that the present ScotRail franchise agreement was not correctly priced.    

Question reference: S5W-13271

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what was the annual net (a) income, (b) expenditure and (c) profit has been each year under the current ScotRail franchise, and what the estimated figure is for 2017-18.

Question reference: S5W-13272

  • Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many passenger journeys there have been each year under the current ScotRail franchise, and what the estimated figure is for 2017-18.