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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: S5W-00740

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00012 by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2016, what the (a) role and (b) remit is of the Scottish Recording Centre; whether it will provide a breakdown of the nature of its work; how many staff it employs, and how many offices it has, broken down by location.

Question reference: S5W-00744

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00012 by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2016, whether (a) ministers and (b) officials were made aware that the Scottish Recording Centre received metadata from the GCHQ programme, Milkwhite, and, if so, when.

Question reference: S5W-00745

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00012 by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2016, whether the (a) Cabinet, (b) Cabinet Secretary for Justice and (c) Cabinet's resilience sub-committee receives reports from the Scottish Recording Centre and, if so, how often.

Question reference: S5W-00747

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00012 by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2016, which Police Scotland ranks can access the information held by the Scottish Recording Centre.

Question reference: S5W-00644

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much can be awarded in school clothing grants, and what the average award is (a) nationally and (b) broken down by local authority.

The Education (Scotland) Act introduced a provision to allow Scottish Ministers to make regulations to require local authorities to pay a minimum amount of school clothing grants to families or young people. The detail of the amount of grant and the eligibility criteria would be set out in regulations. We plan to agree the criteria and amount in partnership with COSLA and discussions between COSLA and the Scottish Government on this issue are continuing to this effect.

Crucially, this policy will also provide consistency of approach across Scotland. While local authorities currently have a general duty to make provision, it is clear from our discussions with a number of organisations that there is inconsistency across Scotland and it is unacceptable that any child loses out. Detail on the level of grant currently awarded by individual local authorities is not collated centrally.

Question reference: S5W-00643

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the criteria are to be eligible for a school clothing grant.

The Education (Scotland) Act introduced a provision to allow Scottish Ministers to make regulations to require local authorities to pay a minimum amount of school clothing grants to families or young people. The detail of the amount of grant and the eligibility criteria would be set out in regulations. We plan to agree this in partnership with COSLA and discussions between COSLA and the Scottish Government on this issue are continuing to this effect.

Question reference: S3W-39848

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what role the Scottish Futures Trust will have in delivering the estate redevelopment for the City of Glasgow College.

Question reference: S3W-39849

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust or the Scottish Funding Council will be the lead agency in delivering the estate redevelopment for the City of Glasgow College.

Question reference: S3W-39850

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the £200 million budgeted in 2011-12 for the Scottish Futures Trust for the estate redevelopment for the City of Glasgow College will pay for.

Our 2011-12 Budget makes clear that the capital value of the modernisation of the Glasgow College Estate is estimated at around £200 million. This is subject to the conclusion of a robust and affordable business case for the City of Glasgow College project, and a successful procurement through the Non Profit Distributing model. While the College has yet to submit its business case to the Scottish Funding Council, it is widely known that City of Glasgow College is committed to developing a world-class campus which matches its ambitions as Scotland''s largest college.

Question reference: S3W-39847

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in relation to a business case for the City of Glasgow College’s estate redevelopment if it is submitted before the dissolution of the Parliament.

Our 2011-12 Budget makes clear that the Scottish Government will deliver through the non-profit distributing model, modernisation of the Glasgow college estate, subject to the conclusion of a robust and affordable business case. Consideration of the business case will be undertaken by the Scottish Funding Council in partnership with the Scottish Futures Trust once it is received to determine whether the project is ready to proceed to procurement.