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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Question reference: S5W-16297
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any potential distribution centre closures and associated job losses arising from the proposed merger of Asda and Sainsbury’s.
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Question reference: S5W-16296
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any potential store closures and associated job losses arising from the proposed merger of Asda and Sainsbury’s.
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Question reference: S5W-16400
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent developing growth in women’s enterprise in 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-16401
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent on developing growth in social care in 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-16399
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Scottish Enterprise should treat social care as a growth sector in the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S5W-16292
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government who is providing the new social security agency's IT system; what key milestones are being used to monitor progress with the system's development, and whether it will provide an update on progress to date.
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Question reference: S5W-16259
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the Centre for Regional Inclusive Growth since it was announced.
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Question reference: S5W-16335
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when finalised figures for the number of assisted companies becoming new or active exporters for 2017-18 will be published by Scottish Development International.
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Question reference: S5W-15904
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has sufficient data to reliably calculate and publish information on the ethnicity pay gap in Scotland and, if so, when it will do so.
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Question reference: S5W-15903
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13040 by Jamie Hepburn on 18 December 2017, whether the estimated ethnicity pay gap has been successfully quality-assured by its analysts and deemed reliable for public use and, if so, when the data will be made publicly available.