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: S4W-30463
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants it employs, and how this compares with 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-30459
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28789 by Shona Robison on 5 January 2016, in light of the information not being provided in the answer to question S4W-28792, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding how many (a) email, (b) website and (c) written responses have been received by the Healthier Scotland National Conversation.
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Question reference: S4W-30467
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28762 by Jamie Hepburn on 10 December 2015, what the budget is for the fund for 2016-17, and how much has been set aside to meet administration costs.
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Question reference: S4W-30469
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people received support from the Independent Living Fund in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
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Question reference: S4W-30457
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects to collect from residential Land and Buildings Transaction Tax in 2015-16.
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Question reference: S4W-30462
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the Ministerial Advisory Group on Child Poverty has met since 2015.
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Question reference: S4W-30464
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28662 by Margaret Burgess on 14 December 2015, whether it will provide an update on how much has been paid in 2015-16.
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Question reference: S4W-30067
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the take up is of the (a) breast and (b) cervical cancer screening programme in the (i) most and (ii) least deprived areas.
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Question reference: S4W-30061
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has changed the age range for cervical cancer screening from 20-65 to 25-60, and whether it proposes any further changes.
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Question reference: S4W-30068
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of (a) breast and (b) cervical cancer are detected at stage (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4 in the (A) most and (B) least deprived areas.
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