Skip to main content

Tell us your views

Help us do xxx by completing this short survey!

Link to survey goes here

What's on today Watch Parliament TV
Main navigation
Loading…

Seòmar agus comataidhean

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

Criathragan Hide all filters

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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 9 October 2025
Answer status
Question type
Ath-shuidhich an lorg

Displaying 2323 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S4F-03274

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2016

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that young people with neurological conditions receive appropriate care.

Question reference: S4W-29462

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 February 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-29164 by Derek Mackay on 20 January 2016, how many times over the same period did services achieve 100% punctuality.

Question reference: S4W-29296

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on (a) how many claimants were charged by their GP for a letter explaining their impairments while being moved from disability living allowance to personal independence payment and (b) what the charges were.

Question reference: S4W-29295

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what guidelines are provided to GPs when charging patients for letters.

Question reference: S4W-29286

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 26 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress there has been in establishing a management committee for the Sound of Barra Special Area of Conservation; whether the committee is in place, and, if so, (a) what the membership is, (b) what decisions it has made and (c) how much funding it has received.

Question reference: S4W-29331

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the maintenance budget has been for each vessel in the CalMac fleet in each year since 2006.

Question reference: S4W-29313

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for the new common agricultural policy payment scheme each local authority has (a) received and (b) processed.

Question reference: S4W-29311

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on setting up the computer system that is being used to deal with the new common agricultural policy payment scheme and how long it took to (a) devise and (b) implement the system.

Question reference: S4W-29164

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government on how many of the 309 weekdays between 15 December 2014 and 12 December 2015 rail services on the Far North Line achieved 100% reliability.

Question reference: S4O-05256

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what socioeconomic impact assessments it has carried out of the new marine protected areas and how many jobs will be lost on shore and at sea in these locations as a result of their designation.