Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S4W-27225
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of employers in Scotland have living wage-accreditation, and what information it has regarding how this compares with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-27226
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how the risk in Scotland of being paid below the living wage compares with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-27173
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 August 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 24 August 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when the expansion of the education maintenance allowance will be introduced.
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Question reference: S4W-26266
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in developing the revised approach to recruitment incentives as set out in Developing the Young Workforce – Scotland’s Youth Employment Strategy.
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Question reference: S4O-04308
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent refurbishing schools in Edinburgh in 2014-15.
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Question reference: S4W-25301
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the Fair Work Convention.
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Question reference: S4O-04234
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what relationship it has with UK Visas and Immigration.
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Question reference: S4O-04182
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to help reshape how energy is delivered and used in communities throughout the country.
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Question reference: S4W-24778
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 18 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of the (a) 5,500 young people who have received support from the Community Jobs Scotland programme and (b) 1,000 job opportunities for young people as part of the next phase of the programme as announced by the First Minister on 25 February 2015 and (c) 65,000 young people who have been supported by the Prince’s Trust in the last 10 years as announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training on 25 February 2015.