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: S5W-09720
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all colleges have sufficient funds to honour the pay deal that was agreed by Colleges Scotland and the EIS.
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Question reference: S5W-09721
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which colleges do not have sufficient funds to honour the pay deal that was agreed by Colleges Scotland and the EIS.
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Question reference: S5W-09722
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take against colleges that do not fulfill the pay awards that were due on 1 April 2017 by the end of July 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-09700
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address economic inactivity.
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Question reference: S5W-09705
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the business (a) birth, (b) death and (c) survival rate has been in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-09852
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which businesses have received money from the Scottish Growth Scheme in each month since its establishment, broken down by amount.
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Question reference: S5W-09829
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 June 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 differences there are between the building standards regulations for high- and low-rise flats.
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Question reference: S5W-09701
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic inactivity rate was in March 2017, and how this compared to the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-09704
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 28 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been registered in Scotland in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-09859
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of its (a) past and (b) present trade envoys.
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