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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

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Question reference: S4O-00956

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how much support has been given to businesses in East Kilbride by the small business bonus scheme.

Question reference: S4O-00863

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what good practice guidelines are given to NHS boards for handling medical negligence complaints.

Question reference: S4O-00844

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are followed in relation to police officers under investigation.

Question reference: S4O-00774

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what input companies can have in the operation of apprenticeship schemes in their areas.

Question reference: S4O-00623

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether national guidelines are issued in relation to testing for dyslexia.

Question reference: S4O-00551

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether consideration is being given to producing national guidance on dermatology services.

Question reference: S4O-00479

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives there are to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer to allow early diagnosis and treatment.

Question reference: S4O-00354

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the level of non-domestic rates impacts on post offices in light of their role in local communities.

Question reference: S4W-02635

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to the August 2011 briefing by Friends of the Earth Scotland, WWF Scotland and Oxfam Scotland on the revision of the National Performance Framework.

On 12September, we published our new Government Economic Strategy which reaffirms our commitment to our central purpose of delivering faster, sustainable economic growth with opportunities for all people across Scotland to flourish. The new Strategy informs our outcomes based National Performance Framework (NPF) and maintains the focus on our long-term aspiration of delivering a more prosperous and fairer Scotland.

The ambitious purpose targets the NPF contains focus on the drivers of growth and have been reviewed and rolled forward to reflect the current social and economic environment. A refresh of the National Indicators set and Scotland Performs website is also in train and its publication in the autumn will complete the refresh of the agenda we set out in 2007. We are always willing to listen to suggestions and in concluding this work we will take a balanced view of all interests and representations received as well as the lessons learned since we embarked on this journey.

Question reference: S4O-00126

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers the impact of the UK Government's proposed housing benefit reforms will be on access to social rented housing in Scotland.