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: S4W-10506
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 6 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of paragraph 41 of Audit Scotland’s report, Scotland’s colleges: Current finances, future challenges, whether it plans to instruct the Scottish Funding Council to collect data on the number of potential students to colleges who apply but do not obtain a place.
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Question reference: S4W-10519
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S4W-09705, which received a holding response from John Swinney on 2 October 2012, and what the reason is for the delay.
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Question reference: S4W-10020
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W–09702 by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2012, how many Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate customers there were in 2011-12, broken down by area office, and what its definition of customer is.
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Question reference: S4W-10022
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W–09701 by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2012, when it will publish the Scotland Rural Development Programme review, annual and evaluation reports.
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Question reference: S4W-10021
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W–09704 by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2012, what the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme expenditure was in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11 and (e) 2011-12, also broken down by (i) Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate area office and (ii) number of customers.
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Question reference: S4W-10027
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W–09704 by Richard Lochhead on 2 October 2012, what the average Less Favoured Area Support Scheme expenditure was in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11 and (e) 2011-12, broken down by (i) Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate area office and (ii) customer.
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Question reference: S4W-09705
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government which of the ministerial engagements and events listed on its website took place at Bute House in 2011-12.
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Question reference: S4O-01401
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support an independent Scottish office of budget responsibility.
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Question reference: S4W-09892
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 22 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on who will pay for the creation and distribution of new croft maps that crofters will use as part of the crofting register requirements.
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Question reference: S4O-01370
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what provision has been made in the schools building programme for artificial full-sized sports pitches.
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