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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6W-03965

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the criteria, that the new owner of Glasgow Prestwick Airport must maximise the employment potential of the airport, will ensure there will be no immediate redundancies, should the airport be sold.

Question reference: S6W-03964

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the sale of Glasgow Prestwick Airport will be subject to a requirement that commercial passenger flights from the airport must continue.

Question reference: S6W-03713

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government on which dates since 2015 the maximum level of funding that can be used to invest in owners’ homes for the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: Area Based Scheme (HEEPS: ABS) was increased, and by how much.

Question reference: S6W-03586

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the developments regarding Aberdeenshire Council’s reported objection to the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement Scheme, what the updated timeline is to (a) start and (b) complete the work.

Question reference: S6W-03714

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities it has been contacted by to discuss raising the maximum level of funding that can be used to invest in owners’ homes for the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: Area Based Scheme (HEEPS: ABS), and what the outcome was of any such discussions.

Question reference: S6W-03707

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) financial and (b) administrative support it will give to the Clyde 2020 initiative, and over what timeframe.

Question reference: S6W-03706

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what the new remit of the Clyde 2020 initiative will be, and over what timeframe.

Question reference: S6W-03763

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33521 by Michael Matheson on 4 December 2020, whether it will provide figures for each month since November 2020 to date.

Question reference: S6W-03810

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on Glasgow Prestwick Airport reportedly not charging private aircraft weighing up to 10 tonnes to park at the airport for up to 24 hours.

Question reference: S6W-03642

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been taken off waiting lists for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) services without receiving treatment from CAMHS in each NHS board in each year since 1999.