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 much has been spent on legal aid in preparation for trials that had to be rescheduled in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been of providing court support services for trials that did not take place in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government how many High Court cases have been cancelled due to a lack of court time in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government how many court cases have been cancelled in each year since 2007 and how many were cancelled due to lack of court time, also broken down by sherrifdom.
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been of providing court support services for trials that did not take place due to lack of court time and had to be rescheduled in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10877 by John Swinney on 18 December 2012, which of the companies awarded contracts by (a) it and (b) its agencies since 2007 have been named by the Information Commissioner’s Office as subscribing to the Consulting Association; on what basis it concluded that there is no evidence of the use of blacklisting in relation to these contracts, and how it ensures that companies that are awarded such contracts maintain high standards of business and professional conduct when delivering them.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-03616 by Keith Brown on 7 November 2011, what its position is on the findings regarding the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Shotts railway line that were set out in Network Rail’s recently-published strategic business plan and whether the Office of the Rail Regulation is still expected to publish its determination on the route in October 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the educational attainment of pupils from the poorest backgrounds.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many companies that operate in Scotland were listed on the Consulting Association's database.