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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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Question reference: S5W-22563
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the combined spend on fisheries, including per registered fishing vessel, agriculture and forestry per CAP payment recipient for (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-22561
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers there are per 100,000 pupils, and what information it has regarding how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-22562
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools there are per 100,000 pupils, and what information it has regarding how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S5O-03144
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how its resilience fund to reduce the risk of ferries breaking down has been spent.
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Question reference: S5O-03099
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to tackle population decline in rural areas.
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Question reference: S5W-22043
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates since March 2017 it has written to the DWP regarding (a) universal credit and (b) other benefits, and whether it has received responses.
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Question reference: S5W-22052
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which scheduled meetings of the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare since June 2016 have been (a) re-arranged and (b) postponed following a request by (i) it and (ii) the DWP.
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Question reference: S5W-22042
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has experienced delays in receiving information from the DWP to enable it to pay carers supplement.
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Question reference: S5W-22041
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates since June 2016 the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare has met; who attended, and when it will next meet.
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Question reference: S5O-03022
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported decline in the proportion of young people in the Western Isles who speak Gaelic.
The Member has supplied the following translation:
A dh’fhaighneachd de Riaghaltas na h-Alba na tha e a’ dèanamh gus cruth-atharrachadh a thoirt air a chrìonadh a chaidh aithris anns a’ chuid den òigridh aig a bheil a’ Ghàidhlig anns na h-Eileanan an Iar.
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