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.

Question reference: S3W-04702

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 24 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it proposes to take to address the shortfalls identified by its research on the Supporting People programme.

Question reference: S3W-05167

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 23 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs will be lost in Glasgow through the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise.

Question reference: S3W-05172

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to meet the staffing and resource implications, identified by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, of the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Question reference: S3W-05170

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland to discuss the staffing and resource implications of the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

The Scottish Executiveattends the ACPOS Licensing Sub-Group which discusses a range of matters about implementationof the act. Meetings took place on 9 August 2006, 29 September 2006, 10 November 2006, 5 February 2007, 2 May 2007, and 10 October 2007. In addition,ACPOS met the Deputy Minister for Public Service Reform in the last administrationon 16 January 2007 and me on 22 August 2007 to discuss implementation of the act.

Question reference: S3W-05171

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings are planned with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland to discuss the staffing and resource implications of the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Question reference: S3W-04599

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the next meeting of the Ministerial Progress Group on Second Stage Transfers in Glasgow will be held.

Question reference: S3W-04598

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 15 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings of the Ministerial Progress Group on Second Stage Transfers in Glasgow have been held since April 2007.

Question reference: S3W-05164

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with Glasgow City Council to discuss the future of the Cities Growth Fund.

Question reference: S3W-05165

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings are planned with Glasgow City Council to discuss the future of the Cities Growth Fund.

Question reference: S3W-05166

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is intended to continue the Cities Growth Fund beyond 2008.

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