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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the NHS budget it has allocated to NHS Lanarkshire in 2013-14.
To ask the Scottish Government how it calculates budget allocations for NHS boards.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to each NHS board in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on companies contracted to provide public services using the public subsidy to fund redundancy payments to employees.
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances Transport Scotland can terminate the 2012-18 contract with Serco for Northern Isles ferry services before the contract ends.
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has received from (a) students and (b) the National Union of Students regarding Serco’s decision to increase fares for students on Northern Isles ferry services.
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has received from schools regarding Serco’s decision to increase fares for school pupils on Northern Isles ferry services.
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has received from pensioner groups regarding Serco’s decision to increase fares for pensioners on Northern Isles ferry services.
To ask the Scottish Government how it helps promote the work of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills’ employer ownership of skills fund and how often it meets the UK Government and the other devolved administrations to discuss the work of the commission.
To ask the Scottish Government how many apprenticeship places at colleges are available for people seeking a career in the maritime industry and what the (a) duration and (b) take-up rate is for each course.