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-08722
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government who attended the meeting in March 2012 with public sector chief executives to discuss youth employment and what the "nearly 100 pledges" were that resulted.
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Question reference: S4W-08745
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £505,000 allocated for its graduate employment pilot scheme will be spent on (a) incentives to firms and (b) careers fairs.
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Question reference: S4W-08724
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of (a) its and (b) its agencies' workforce is made up of young people.
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Question reference: S4W-08723
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) modern apprenticeships and (b) work experience or student places (i) it and (ii) each of its agencies has offered in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S4W-08754
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many under-25-year-olds it (a) employs and (b) has employed in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) permanent and (ii) agency staff.
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Question reference: S4W-08755
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many under-25-year-olds each of its agencies (a) employs and (b) has employed in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) permanent and (ii) agency staff.
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Question reference: S4W-08728
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what activities supported by the CashBack for Communities programme have specifically affected youth employment.
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Question reference: S4W-08233
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4O-00967 by Fergus Ewing on 2 May 2012, whether it has taken action to discourage people from taking out pay day loans.
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Question reference: S4W-08231
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism has taken to engage with (a) civic Scotland and (b) COSLA to discuss pay day loans.
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Question reference: S4W-08712
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what targets NHS boards have regarding smoking cessation.