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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to avoid colleges being re-classified as public bodies.
To ask the Scottish Government what the implications are for (a) borrowing by the college sector, (b) learners, (c) planned capital programmes in the college sector, (d) procurement in the college sector, (e) charitable status in the college sector, (f) college governance, (g) access to the European Social Fund, (h) capital funding and investment, (i) commercial income, (j) UK-wide activity, (k) international activity, (l) cash reserves and (m) colleges that are not incorporated as a result of the decision of the Office for National Statistics to reclassify colleges as part of central government in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out of the implications for the post-16 reform programme following implementation of the decision of the Office for National Statistics to reclassify colleges as part of central government in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce legislation to reverse the decision of the Office for National Statistics to reclassify colleges as part of central government in Scotland and what the reasons are for its decision on this matter.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will implement the decision of the Office for National Statistics to reclassify colleges as part of central government in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what communications and discussions it has had with the college sector on the decision of the Office for National Statistics to reclassify colleges as part of central government since October 2010.
To ask the Scottish Government what subsidy it has paid to Serco Northlink per (a) day and (b) route since the MV Hamnavoe engine failure on 25 April 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government what the difference is between (a) fines levied and (b) subsidy paid per day to Serco Northlink before and after the MV Helliar was commissioned to cover the Stromness to Scrabster route.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions took place between ministers, Transport Scotland and Serco Northlink (a) prior to and (b) after 25 April 2013 to consider what modifications would be necessary to harbours at Stromness and Scrabster to enable the MV Hellier to operate on this route.
To ask the Scottish Government what subsidy Serco Northlink receives per (a) day and (b) route when all its routes are operating normally.