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: S5W-35600
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes have been built in each year since 2016-17, and what information it has regarding how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-35918
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.
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Question reference: S5W-35601
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average spend per person has been on enterprise and economic development in each year since 2016-17, and what information it has regarding how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-34992
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Heat in Buildings Strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-33912
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to each local authority to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-33084
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 November 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with year two delivery of Fair Start Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-31899
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions have had on Fair Start Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-04574
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the provision of regular bus services in semi-rural areas such as Ratho in the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency.
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Question reference: S5T-02305
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle so-called dirty camping, in light of more people looking to beauty spots such as the Pentland Hills for holidays this year.
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Question reference: S5W-31026
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Republic of Ireland’s launch of its COVID-19 Tracker App, and the launch of Northern Ireland’s StopCOVID NI app, whether Scotland plans to develop its own contact tracing app.