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: S5F-00232
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 September 2016
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will achieve 100% broadband rollout across Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-01622
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 22 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many homes were powered by renewable energy in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
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Question reference: S5W-01623
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 22 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many churches are powered by renewable energy.
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Question reference: S5W-01118
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in the Highlands and Islands are powered by renewable energy.
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Question reference: S5W-01621
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in compiling the Land Register of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00087
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in developing schemes to harness wave and tidal energy.
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Question reference: S5O-00052
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made to reintroduce passenger flights from Ashaig Airfield on Skye.
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Question reference: S5W-00292
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have access to dedicated Gaelic-medium language classes and how this compares with (a) 1999 and (b) 2007.