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-08988
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many companies have signed up to the Scottish Business Pledge, and how many employees this covers.
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Question reference: S5W-08834
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of (a) insecure, (b) poorly-paid and (c) other forms of precarious work in the labour market.
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Question reference: S5W-08836
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the powers and responsibilities for employment tribunals will be transferred.
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Question reference: S5W-08832
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the gender pay gap is (a) overall and (b) among (i) part- and (ii) full-time workers.
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Question reference: S5W-08833
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it operates a system of performance-related pay and, if so, how much has been paid in each year since 2011, also broken by (a) how many employees received this, (b) the size of the average payment and (c) the information that it has on any gender pay gap.
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Question reference: S5W-08837
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will set out its position on employment tribunals in light of the publication of the responses to its consultation.
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Question reference: S5W-08838
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what progress it is making with the abolition of fees for access to employment tribunals.
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Question reference: S5W-08839
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of gender pay reporting regulations brought forward by the UK Government, what plans it has to review the public sector equality duty.
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Question reference: S5W-08728
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 28 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided to the Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award in each year since 2011-12, and how much it will provide in each of the next three years.
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Question reference: S5W-08835
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the 2021 census will include additional questions on employment to help inform its policy planning.
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