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-20945
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the prevalence is of people with (a) hearing loss, (b) sight loss and (c) deafblindness and what the prevalence is in ethnic minority communities, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-20845
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17748 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 November 2013, whether it will publish the (a) monthly and (a) quarterly data collected by the local authorities.
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Question reference: S4W-20846
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to change its definition of fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S4W-20604
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided funding for gender sensitive advice and support services for women’s organisations dealing with welfare reform.
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Question reference: S4W-20606
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is to the economy of occupational segregation.
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Question reference: S4W-20605
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the Scottish Welfare Fund by (a) men and (b) women, and how many of these were successful.
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Question reference: S4W-20598
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to take a gendered approach to its employability programmes.
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Question reference: S4W-20603
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on the Scottish Welfare Fund disaggregated by gender.
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Question reference: S4W-20600
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle occupational segregation (a) in apprenticeships and (b) more generally.
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Question reference: S4W-20601
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many apprenticeships there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) gender and (b) occupation.
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