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-08732
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of funding from the Social Enterprise and Third Sector Challenge Fund will be allocated through community planning partnerships.
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Question reference: S4W-08441
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is spent on skills projects across the country and how much of it is allocated for long-term youth unemployment.
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Question reference: S4W-08522
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to conduct a longitudinal study of youth transitions.
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Question reference: S4W-08521
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that it collects sufficient data regarding the employment status of people aged between 24 and 30.
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Question reference: S4W-08520
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many unemployed people aged between 24 and 30 there have been in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S4W-08443
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce randomised ordering of candidates for local government elections.
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Question reference: S4W-08442
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to publish a strategy to tackle long-term youth unemployment.
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Question reference: S4W-08440
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what skills training there is specifically for long-term unemployed people.
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Question reference: S4W-08211
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) discussions it has had with and (b) representations it has made to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills regarding the implications for employment in Scotland of the Beecroft report on employment law.
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Question reference: S4W-08518
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on ScotCen’s report, A Stalled Generation? Transitions to adulthood in Scotland today.