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-10107
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) it and (b) other partners provide directly for the Scottish Growth Scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-10105
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much direct funding it is providing for the Scottish European Growth Co-investment Programme; who the other funding partners are; when it will commence, and what the criteria are for accessing funding.
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Question reference: S5W-10106
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding is being made available from the Scottish Growth Scheme in each year of the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S5W-09849
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which businesses received support from the £100 million capital stimulus funding announced after the EU referendum, broken down by date and amount of support.
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Question reference: S5W-09850
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs the £100 million capital stimulus funding announced after the EU referendum has supported, and what contribution this has made to economic growth in 2016-17, expressed as a percentage.
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Question reference: S5W-09826
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00595 by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities on 20 June 2017 (Official Report, c. 5), what involvement the Scottish Futures Trust has in ensuring that the best possible building standards are deployed in public buildings, including schools.
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Question reference: S5W-09723
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance (a) has been and (b) will be delivered to (i) housing developers and (ii) local authorities to ensure that social housing developments announced as part of its £1.75 billion investment in affordable housing take account of the needs of ethnic minority families, including the provision of housing that is appropriate for (A) larger families and (B) families that often have to rent housing in the private sector but which are on lower incomes.
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Question reference: S5W-09724
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) guidance and (b) enforcement measures there are to ensure that its £1.75 billion housing investment meets the (i) equalities goals in the Race Equality Framework, in particular Goal 25 that Scotland's public sector workforce is representative of its communities, and (ii) Fairer Scotland Action Plan commitment to “look to...new employability programmes to ensure greater opportunity for all in the labour market, and...tackle discrimination".
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Question reference: S5W-09853
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 6 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have approached the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service; how many have received assistance; how many staff the service employs, and what its budget is.
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Question reference: S5W-09858
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the value of exports has been for businesses in its identified growth sectors in each year since 2007.
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