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-34134
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many speeding offences have been recorded on each trunk road, in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-34113
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of maintaining emergency telephones on the A90, including the section north of Dundee, compared with alternative measures.
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Question reference: S6W-34088
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what financial or policy commitments it made during the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy’s meetings at the Handelsblatt Energy Summit in Berlin.
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Question reference: S6W-34120
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many surgeries have been delayed due to the presence of so-called medical boarders in surgical wards in each year since 2018, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-34115
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been deemed “surgically fit for discharge” but have refused to leave hospital in each year since 2018, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-34142
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what penalties have been imposed as a result of successful speeding prosecutions in each year since 2018, broken down by (a) trunk road and (b) penalty type.
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Question reference: S6W-34138
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of trends in road traffic offences on each trunk road, with a particular focus on the A90 and its section north of Dundee.
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Question reference: S6W-34074
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported findings of the True North survey that 53% of respondents in Scotland support the Clean Power 2030 target but only 35% believe that it is achievable.
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Question reference: S6W-34148
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of accessing or attempting to access pornography on Scottish Government devices or computers have been recorded in each year since 2018, broken down by device type.
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Question reference: S6W-34149
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what policies and monitoring systems are in place to prevent access to pornography on Scottish Government devices or computers.
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