- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to assess artifical intelligence (AI)-related industry activity in Scotland, in terms of size, location and specialisation.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Scotland can only be an influential responsible artificial intellegence (AI) regulator if it succeeds in attracting people to, and growing, the domestic AI sector.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what ongoing steps it is taking to monitor which potential trunk road building or upgrade projects would provide the highest economic return on investment.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported long-term reduction in the working-age population caused by below-replacement birth rates.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has taken any steps to make a cost-benefit analyses of potential measures available to it to promote the artificiak intellegence (AI)-related industry in Scotland.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the latest information that it has on the progress of the SaxaVord spaceport.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the latest information that it has on the progress of the Sutherland spaceport project.
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Answer expected on 7 March 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the number of unauthorised absences from schools.
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Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2025
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many working-age adults in Scotland are currently both not in work and in receipt of benefits.
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This information is not held by Scottish Government as a number of benefits are reserved to the UK Government. Employment status is not part of the eligibility criteria for any Scottish Government benefits and as such we do not hold information about the number of benefit recipients who are unemployed.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many working-age adults in Scotland who are currently in receipt of income support have not been in work for at least a year.
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This information is not held by Scottish Government as Income Support is a reserved benefit administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Please redirect your request to the DWP.