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-00254
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government which directorate is the sponsor for Citizens Advice Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-00259
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it believes that the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator should investigate Citizens Advice Scotland following allegations about the use of the development fund.
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Question reference: S5W-00225
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to combat nuisance calls.
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Question reference: S5W-00170
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will meet the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to discuss its proposal to have the drug, Orkambi, available to patients with funding from the New Medicines Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-00169
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the New Medicines Fund to include the provision of the drug, Kalydeco, for two to five-year-olds.
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Question reference: S4W-30774
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the standards set by the UK Statistics Authority relating to official statistics were satisfied by the Scottish Government’s publication and subsequent revisions to the report, Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2014-15.
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Question reference: S4W-30772
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many revised versions of the (a) Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2014-15 report and (b) accompanying charts and tables were produced after publication at 9.30am on 9 March 2016, and how these revisions were communicated to (i) the Parliament and (ii) other stakeholders.
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Question reference: S4W-30773
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the reason was for the revisions made to the Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2014-15 report subsequent to publication and what change was made to Scotland’s Net Fiscal Balance in table A10.
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Question reference: S4W-30443
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £125 million being directed to integration authorities in 2016-17 is for the living wage and how much is for additional cost pressures.
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Question reference: S4W-30438
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with providers in the (a) voluntary, (b) independent and (c) private sector regarding their share of the costs of paying staff engaged in providing adult social care the living wage of £8.25 per hour.