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: S5W-31155
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it has introduced since January 2020 to help lower levels of rural crime, and what further measures it plans.
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Question reference: S5W-31179
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 21 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on the number of firefighters that have been (a) diagnosed with COVID-19 and (b) required to self-isolate.
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Question reference: S5W-31178
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 21 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many calls the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has received since 1 March 2020 specifically in relation to home visits or visits to care homes.
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Question reference: S5W-31180
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 21 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many recently retired (a) firefighters and (b) specialist fire and rescue staff have been asked to return to frontline duties to cover absences and other staff shortages.
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Question reference: S5W-30955
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 12 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether firefighters are required to wear PPE or face coverings while making home visits or visits to care homes, and what data it has on whether face coverings are being worn by firefighters during such visits.
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Question reference: S5W-30610
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-29884 by Michael Matheson on 22 June 2020, what guidance it has provided to driving test centres and driving instructors regarding the safety of learning to drive as the country enters a different phase of lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-30413
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards achieving the development of a wild salmon strategy by September 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-30553
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Aquaculture Hardship Fund is open to applications from all producers of trout, salmon and shellfish.
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Question reference: S5W-30078
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of large numbers of salmon smolts trapped in the Muirtown Lock on the Caledonian Canal.
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Question reference: S5W-29214
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many aquaculture businesses in the South Scotland region are in receipt of support from the Aquaculture Hardship Fund that has been set up in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, also broken down by home many do not (a) farm trout and (b) grow shellfish.