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-14634
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can provide that bidders for Carillion rail contracts in Scotland will undergo proper due diligence to ensure that they are suitable to manage contracts, including the employment of workers on direct employment contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-14389
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12919 by Derek Mackay on 6 December 2017, how many of the invoices that it has received in each year since 1999 have not been paid within 30 days of receipt at all stages of the (a) prime- and (b) sub-contract chain, broken down by the total value of the contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-14752
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14025 by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018, what its position is on whether the threshold of £2 million in Wales and Northern Ireland is the prevailing practice.
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Question reference: S5W-14751
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14025 by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018, when the review of the thresholds of public sector project bank accounts will take place.
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Question reference: S5W-14237
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons there has been a reported decrease of (a) 5% in overall satisfaction in ScotRail, (b) 6%, down to 71%, in levels of satisfaction with the level of crowding on trains and (c) 3%, down to 51%, in levels of satisfaction with how well the company deals with delays, since the last survey in Spring 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-14408
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for how many operational cycles has each project bank account has been (a) operational and (b) not operational.
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Question reference: S5W-14409
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many subcontractors have requested to join each project bank account, including for tier (a) 2 and (b) 3; how many requests were refused, and how many did not request to join, broken down by reason for doing so.
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Question reference: S5W-14404
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value of payment to contractors has been for each project bank account, and how many (a) payments have been made and (b) contractors have been paid.
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Question reference: S5W-14407
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of subcontractor contract value has been paid through each project bank account.
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Question reference: S5W-14400
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the date of the main contractor’s submission of a payment application to the commissioning body has been for each project bank account (PBA); on what date the commissioning body (a) intimated the amount of each payment and (b) deposited each payment into the PBA, and when each contractor received its payment.
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