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: S5W-09977
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) mean and (b) median annual salary is in (i) Scotland and (ii) each parliamentary region, broken down by (A) gender and (B) age.
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Question reference: S5W-09976
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) mean and (b) median annual salary is in each constituency in the Mid Scotland and Fife parliamentary region, also broken down by (i) gender, and (ii) age.
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Question reference: S5W-09209
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations have received cumulative funding in excess of £250,000 through the Climate Challenge Fund, broken down by the (a) (i) number and (ii) amount of grants received and (b) percentage of grants allocated (A) by funding round and (B) in total.
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Question reference: S5W-09208
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) ensure that a proportion of funding from the Climate Challenge Fund is channelled to more deprived communities and (b) simplify the application and monitoring process to remove any barriers to entry that face smaller organisations.
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Question reference: S5W-09212
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications there have been to the Climate Challenge Fund, and how many of these have been approved, broken down by funding round.
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Question reference: S5W-09211
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action has been taken since the Climate Challenge Fund was introduced to increase the number of successful applications from communities in the highest ranked deciles of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
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Question reference: S5W-09210
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of Climate Challenge Fund awards by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
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Question reference: S5W-09051
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates it has met the (a) chair of the Scottish Police Authority and (b) chief constable of Police Scotland since April 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-08843
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 and what the impact will be on these of the decision by the Supreme Court in the case of AB (Appellant) v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) that section 39(2)(a)(i) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 does not comply with the European Convention of Human Rights; what its response is to the decision, and what action it is taking to introduce any corrective legislation.
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Question reference: S5W-08846
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to potential problems for members of the legal profession in Scotland when representing clients from the EU after the UK's exit.