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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 13 October 2025
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Question reference: S4O-04678

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2015
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding the impact of the agreement to maintain teacher numbers.

Question reference: S4W-27518

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many diversions from prosecution have been agreed in each year since 2011 and what percentage of the number proposed this represents.

Question reference: S4W-27517

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank Mulholland QC on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what changes have been introduced since 2011 to the process for considering diversions from prosecution.

Question reference: S4W-27515

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank Mulholland QC on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what involvement local procurators fiscal have in discussions about potential diversions from prosecution and whether they are involved in every such decision.

Question reference: S4W-27553

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 25 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the introduction of a tax on food with a high sugar content and what action it has taken to consider the evidence relating to the effect of food taxes in improving dietary choices.

Question reference: S4W-27672

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4W-27405

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how planning authorities’ conservation capacity is monitored.

Question reference: S4W-27404

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how the local authority joint working agreements will be updated when the new body, Historic Environment Scotland, starts on 1 October 2015.

Question reference: S4W-26775

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government in how many primary (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4, (e) 5, (f) 6, and (g) 7 classes team teaching is used, and which year groups are taught in composite classes, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S4W-26743

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Highlands and Islands Airports Limited in the last three months regarding landing charges.