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 Executive whether it plans to introduce a credit union development fund.
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many credit unions there are and how many members they have.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had since May 2011 with (a) academics, (b) COSLA, (c) individual local authorities and (d) other bodies regarding the role of credit unions.
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) financial education and (b) literacy initiatives it has established since May 2007; which of these have been developed jointly with other external bodies, and which have been used by (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) further education colleges and (iv) universities.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with credit unions since May 2011 regarding their (a) role and (b) concerns and the assistance that it gives them, including help on finding appropriate premises.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any legal impediments to it providing financial assistance to credit unions.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much financial support it has given to credit unions in each year since 2007, also broken down by the amount awarded to each union.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will deliver the SNP manifesto commitment to "look to bring together the various existing funding streams to create a simpler, more easily accessible Town Centre Regeneration Fund”.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to work with credit unions in developing its anti-poverty strategy and in tackling financial and social exclusion.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it will provide to deliver its manifesto commitment to “look to bring together the various existing funding streams to create a simpler, more easily accessible Town Centre Regeneration Fund".