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: S5O-02980
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made following the one-year after STRIPE evaluation of the M8 M73 M74 improvements project.
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Question reference: S5O-02906
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any issues arising from increases in the number of professional dog walkers.
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Question reference: S5O-02785
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to address parking issues around the Scottish Crime Campus in Gartcosh.
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Question reference: S5O-02707
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards have an automated system to identify and review patients who have experienced more than one appointment cancellation.
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Question reference: S5O-02663
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the pilots at Burnbank and Newarthill GP practices, whether it plans to promote greater use of occupational therapists within other GP practices to improve earlier intervention and preventative care.
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Question reference: S5O-02435
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote literacy and numeracy for adults.
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Question reference: S5O-02375
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.
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Question reference: S5W-18138
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of when a ministerial vehicle has been used to transport someone other than a minister or Scottish Government employee and who was unaccompanied by a minister or Scottish Government employee since May 2016, and what the purpose was of each journey.
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Question reference: S5W-18263
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Dyslexia Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-18271
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which schools in (a) South and (b) North Lanarkshire had staff vacancies at the beginning of the school year.