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-11226
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise regarding the timing of the publication of its annual report.
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Question reference: S5W-11233
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 26 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement in its Programme for Government, what (a) financial and (b) administrative support it is providing Benny Higgins for the development of the Scottish National Investment Bank, including any seconded staff.
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Question reference: S5W-11240
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the non-domestic rates 12.5% cap, which local authorities are (a) manually issuing the cap and (b) advising businesses to apply for a rebate.
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Question reference: S5W-11241
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have informed it that they do not have the IT capabilities to implement the non-domestic rates 12.5% cap.
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Question reference: S5W-11242
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many eligible businesses and organisations have received the full benefit of the non-domestic rates 12.5% cap, and how many have not.
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Question reference: S5W-11152
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10472 by Jamie Hepburn on 25 August 2017, for what reason the information is not held centrally, and where this information is held.
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Question reference: S5W-11238
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has commissioned on automation and its impact on Scotland's labour market and economy.
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Question reference: S5W-11227
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the type of income that was received by self-employed people in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-11244
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the output gap has been in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-11237
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement in its Programme for Government, when the six export partnership pilots will be established; how the locations will be decided; what the budget will be for each pilot, and how many staff each will employ.