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
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Question reference: S6W-26565
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what capacity grant funding it has provided to local authorities to support their plans for Bus Service Improvement Partnerships (BSIPs).
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Question reference: S6W-26543
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the Islands Connectivity Plan in full, in light of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation in its 2023 Report to Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-26534
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to provide an implementation plan outlining how it will deliver approximately 24,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points by 2030, in light of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation in its 2023 Report to Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-26568
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its key goals for bus patronage are, and how these are different to the UK Government's goals, as set out in its National Bus Strategy: 2024 Bus Service Improvement Plans.
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Question reference: S6W-26550
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that "the 20% [reduction in car kilometres] target is not achieved at the cost of exacerbating van traffic, particularly in urban areas", in light of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation in its 2023 Report to Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-26537
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with the UK Government to co-develop "appropriate regulatory strategies for enabling operators to switch to zero-emission options", in light of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation in its 2023 Report to Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-26532
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to meet the Climate Change Committee’s reported recommendation that the deployment rate of charging infrastructure will need to nearly treble by 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-26530
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the condition of roads across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-26533
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to meet the Climate Change Committee’s reported recommendation that the reliability of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure must improve.
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Question reference: S6W-26291
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26010 by Fiona Hyslop on 18 March 2024, what the nature of the other sundry payments, which amounted to £48,792.82, was in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.