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 how many (a) temporary and (b) agency staff it employed or has employed for (i) up to a week, (ii) between two and four weeks, (iii) between five and eight weeks, (iv) between nine and 12 weeks, (v) between 13 weeks and six months, (vi) between seven and 12 months, (vii) over a year and (viii) over two years in (A) 2012-13, (B) 2013-14 and (C) 2014-15.
To ask the Scottish Government what employment agencies it has contracted and what job types each provides.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) agency staff it employs and how many it employed in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has used the so-called Swedish derogation as an opt-out clause for (a) temporary and (b) agency workers under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 and what its position is on the use of this opt-out.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the agency staff that it employs by (a) the type of the work, (b) their grade and (c) agency.
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its (a) temporary and (b) agency staff were or have been employed on so-called zero-hours contracts in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to improving the transparency and accuracy of medical notes on patients by the medical profession.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the adoption of new technology to ensure that transparent and accurate medical notes on patients and a fair record of meetings with them are taken by the medical profession.
To ask the Scottish Government how NHS boards ensure that medical notes put on patients files are approved by the patient prior to appearing on computerised or manual systems.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in Scotland for landfill tax evasion in each year since 2007.