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: S5O-01259
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken by the police to deal with antisocial behaviour at Helensburgh Central train station.
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Question reference: S5W-10860
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 8 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on commissioning boards independent of local authorities to carry out an external analysis of the significant case reviews of social work services.
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Question reference: S5W-10861
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 8 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many significant case reviews of social work services have been carried out in each year since 1999; how many recommendations have been (a) made and (b) implemented, and how many of the recommendations focused on a need for better support for (i) social workers and (ii) families, also broken down by how many of these have been implemented.
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Question reference: S5W-10602
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which provisions in the Social Security (Scotland) Bill will be used to establish the Jobs Grant, and for what reason the Jobs Grant is not provided for on the face of the bill.
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Question reference: S5W-10112
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what funding streams were available to third sector organisations in 2011, and what funding streams are available in 2017, broken down by (a) name and (b) value for the year.
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Question reference: S5W-10111
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many third sector organisations it provides financial support to and, of those, how many receive three-year funding.
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Question reference: S5W-10113
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has consolidated any funding streams for voluntary sector organisations, and whether the value has increased, stayed the same or decreased.
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Question reference: S5W-10448
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 28 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of customer service satisfaction each year for the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service.
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Question reference: S5W-10472
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent in each year since 1999 on labour market training, also expressed as a percentage of GDP.
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Question reference: S5W-10471
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09857 by Keith Brown on 28 June 2017, what the value of each project was each year, broken down by sector.