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 rate of interest is charged by the Public Works Loan Board.
To ask the Scottish Government what hourly rate of pay will be charged by the contractor that will run maintenance services at the new Royal Edinburgh Hospital for a (a) joiner and (b) electrician.
To ask the Scottish Government what the hourly rate of pay is for an NHS (a) joiner and (b) electrician.
To ask the Scottish Government what independent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the small business bonus in creating jobs.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the private consortium building the new Dumfries hospital is charging an interest rate of 11.3%, and what its position is on whether this represents value for money.
To ask the Scottish Government who was responsible for the error in interpreting EU rules relating to the accounting procedures for the non-profit distribution model of financing public projects; when it was alerted about this error and by whom, and what the implications of the error are for (a) investment in public services and (b) the (i) number and (ii) value of projects that can be completed.
To ask the Scottish Government what the value is of all non-profit distribution model-funded projects, also broken down by the cumulative (a) capital cost of these and (b) amount to be paid in interest over their lifetime.
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is carrying out with the Brain Tumour Charity with regard to developing new assessments for the benefits system after social security is devolved.
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time in Scotland is for diagnosis of a brain tumour, and how this compares with the rest of the UK.
To ask the Scottish Government when the next cancer patient experience survey will be carried out.