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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S5W-21483

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03042 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 22), for what reason it considers that all NHS workplaces should be exempt from workplace parking levies.

Question reference: S5W-21484

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03042 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 22), what its response is to the call by the EIS for schools to be exempt from workplace parking levies.

Question reference: S5W-21478

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), how much each local authority could raise in the first full year of a workplace parking levy if a model similar to that used in Nottingham was introduced.

Question reference: S5W-21477

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), how many workplace parking spaces there are on its estate, broken down by local authority area; what the impact would be on its employees who use these spaces if a workplace parking levy similar to that used in Nottingham was introduced, and what information it has regarding the number of parking spaces in the estates of other public bodies and the impact on their employees.

The breakdown of workplace parking spaces in the main buildings of the Scottish Government estate is as follows:

Local Authority Area	Parking spaces	Parking spaces less disabled parking, visitor parking etc.
Aberdeen City Council	128	119
City of Edinburgh Council	1,121	934
Glasgow City Council	65	54
Total	1,314	1,107

The Workplace Parking Levy will be a discretionary power for local authorities. Any impact on employees would depend on how a scheme is introduced at a local level by local authorities using these discretionary powers. The Scottish Government does not hold information on the parking spaces in the estates of other public bodies.

Question reference: S5O-02890

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on infection control measures at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S5O-02842

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed congestion on the M8 between the St James Interchange and Glasgow city centre with Transport Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-20640

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made regarding the potential closure of the Construction Industry Training Board facility at Inchinnan.

The governance of CITB is reserved. Changes in the operation of the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) base in Inchinnan are part of a more general reform of CITB’s activities.

I met with CITB on 25 th January 2018 to receive an update on the review of Training Boards. At the meeting the I expressed disappointment at the lack of consultation around the review of Industry Training Boards published in October 2017.

Question reference: S5W-20642

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the outsourcing of the Construction Industry Training Board's (CITB) construction training and other functions, and the potential closure of the CITB facility at Inchinnan.

Question reference: S5W-20641

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the construction industry trades unions regarding the potential closure of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) facility at Inchinnan and the outsourcing of CITB construction training and other functions.

Question reference: S5W-20639

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it has met the Construction Industry Training Board since January 2017.