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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 9 June 2025
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Question reference: S5W-03774

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03024 by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016, whether there is a difference between the speeds described in the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme and the actual speeds that customers can access.

Question reference: S5W-04013

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary schools are not receiving Scottish Attainment Challenge funding.

Question reference: S5W-03846

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not published teacher vacancy statistics since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-03995

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make its Relationships, Sexual Health, and Parenthood education guidance a mandatory component of the curriculum.

Question reference: S5W-03773

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03024 by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016, which providers would have delivered the 21% superfast broadband coverage in Shetland without the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.

Question reference: S5W-03772

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the original target of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme with BT was too low.

Question reference: S5W-03847

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish teacher and head teacher vacancy statistics on a regular basis.

Question reference: S5W-03344

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to increasing incentives for trainee surgeons to take up placements in rural and remote hospitals.

Question reference: S5W-03438

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many times parents who refused the advice of their child's Named Person have been subject to legal proceedings, and under what circumstances.

Question reference: S5W-03978

  • Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government who will chair the November 2016 meeting of the Crofting Commission board.