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-08111
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to report their gender pay gap.
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Question reference: S5W-08108
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will change the National Performance Framework Indicator on gender pay to include men and women who work part time.
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Question reference: S5W-07831
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it uses (a) its public procurement policies and (b) the grant aid that it offers for economic development to (i) improve the representation of women and (ii) help close the gender pay gap.
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Question reference: S5W-07833
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve consistency of reporting on public sector equality duties.
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Question reference: S5W-07832
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the gender pay gap is in each Parliamentary region.
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Question reference: S5W-07838
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the percentage growth has been in non-domestic rates income (a) in each year since 1999 and (b) what it is expected to be in each of the next four years.
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Question reference: S5W-07857
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has planned to reduce pregnancy and maternity discrimination.
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Question reference: S5W-07837
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the size of the non-domestic rates pool (a) has been in each year since 1999 and (b) will be in each of the next four years.
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Question reference: S5W-07834
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether its civil servants are subject to a gender pay gap and, if so, (a) how wide this is and (b) what action it is taking to close it.
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Question reference: S5W-07856
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that employers address women’s inequality in the workplace.
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