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: S6W-24552
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the current salary and any other remuneration is for each of the directors of Caledonian Sleeper Ltd.
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Question reference: S6W-24329
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the relationship between staffing levels at railway stations on the ScotRail network and the accessibility of public transport.
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Question reference: S6W-24327
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it has made to date of the trial of an all-day, off-peak fare on ScotRail services.
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Question reference: S6W-24321
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the potential impact of its 2024-25 Budget on (a) projects in and (b) future expenditure on its Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-24324
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many ScotRail staff have (a) ticket examination and (b) revenue protection responsibilities, and, of these, how many are (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff.
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Question reference: S6W-24323
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to measure unrecorded passenger journeys on the ScotRail network.
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Question reference: S6W-24322
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the scale of fare evasion on ScotRail services.
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Question reference: S6W-24269
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Little Minch Routes Infrastructure Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-24325
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all engagement that it has had with external stakeholders, including trade unions, on the Fair Ferries Review since April 2022 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-23244
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government where it anticipates oil extracted from the North Sea will be refined if this process ceases at the Petroineos site in Grangemouth.