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-05364
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the recent meeting between the First Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Question reference: S5O-00514
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Glasgow City Council and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-05177
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what role the Mental Health First Aid Training Programme is playing in its aim to deliver improved mental health, and what analysis it has carried out of the programme's effectiveness.
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Question reference: S5W-05176
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to the Mental Health First Aid Training Programme in each of the last three years, and how much it plans to allocate in each of the next three years.
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Question reference: S5W-05341
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its study on the pub sector.
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Question reference: S5O-00415
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that sportscotland delivers on its challenge to increase the levels of sporting activity among children.
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Question reference: S5O-00385
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how it calculates the level of homelessness.
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Question reference: S5W-03193
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has been given by the UK Government regarding the future of financial services and how this will impact on Scotland following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
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Question reference: S5O-00284
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that its procurement policy delivers best value.
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Question reference: S5W-03195
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of allowing universal credit recipients to match the frequency of their benefit payment with fluctuating (a) rates and (b) frequency that they receive in wages.