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-36000
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 May 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided for research on (a) strokes, (b) heart disease, (c) cancer, (d) hearing loss and (e) sight loss in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-36001
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 April 2021
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of people in the NHS Grampian area who were referred for cancer treatment in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021 received this within the 62-day target.
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Question reference: S5W-36002
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children in the NHS Grampian area who were referred for mental health treatment in 2020 received this within the 18-week target.
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Question reference: S5W-36004
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how much compensation ScotRail awarded to passengers and (b) how much estimated unclaimed compensation there was in each four-week period in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.
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Question reference: S5W-36005
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average annual local authority (a) block grant and (b) total funding is, broken down by per head of population, and how this compares with how much each local authority receives.
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Question reference: S5W-36003
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of pupils meet the national satisfactory standards in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) listening and talking and (d) numeracy, also broken down by the percentage in the (i) Aberdeen City. (ii) Aberdeenshire. (iii) best performing and (iv) worst performing council area.
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Question reference: S5W-36006
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many unfilled teaching posts there are in (a) Aberdeen, (b) Aberdeenshire, (c) Angus and (d) Dundee, and what action it is taking to reduce the number of these posts.
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Question reference: S5O-05112
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Nestrans and Transport Scotland regarding road infrastructure improvements in the North East Scotland region.
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Question reference: S5O-05072
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to meet its target of building 50,000 affordable homes.
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Question reference: S5O-05063
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reduce the backlog of elective surgical procedures that have arisen in the NHS Grampian area due to the COVID-19 pandemic.