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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.

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Question reference: S4W-27178

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 August 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26156 by Fergus Ewing on 15 July 2015, who the (a) First Minister, (b) Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs and (c) Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities met in the United States to discuss the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; when the meetings took place; who else attended; what the outcomes were, and whether it will publish the (i) agendas and (ii) minutes of the meetings.

All ministerial engagements are proactively published quarterly in arrears on the Scottish Government website at http://www.gov.scot/About/People/14944/Events-Engagements.

Scottish Ministers have raised their concerns about the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the NHS and other vital public services and on governments in meetings with the US administration. In order to maintain a relationship of trust and confidence with representatives of the US and other foreign governments, details of these discussions are not released.

Question reference: S4O-04661

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training will meet the UK skills minister.

Question reference: S4W-27408

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had to discuss a film studio in Straiton; when they took place; who was invited, and who attended.

The Scottish Government has not held any meetings to discuss a film studio in Straiton. The Film Studio Delivery Group which consists of representatives from Scottish Government, Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise tested the market for a film and TV studio for Scotland in 2014, which invited bids from the private sector. One of the proposals tendered was for a development at Straiton. The bid failed to meet the criteria. The developers were informed on 4 February 2015 in a letter from Scottish Enterprise.

Question reference: S4O-04637

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4O-04596

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 16 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Low Emission Strategy.

Question reference: S4O-04549

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential economic impact on the area, what discussions it is having with Havelock Europa regarding potential job losses in Fife.

Question reference: S4W-26638

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who were subject to a stop and search in the (a) (i) Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, (ii) Cowdenbeath, (iii) Dunfermline, (iv) Kirkcaldy, (v) Mid Fife and Glenrothes, (vi) North East Fife, (vii) Perthshire North, (viii) Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency and (b) Mid Scotland and Fife region in each of the last five years were stopped more than once, and what information it has on how many times each person was stopped.

Question reference: S4W-26636

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the stop and searches in the (a) (i) Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, (ii) Cowdenbeath, (iii) Dunfermline, (iv) Kirkcaldy, (v) Mid Fife and Glenrothes, (vi) North East Fife, (vii) Perthshire North, (viii) Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency and (b) Mid Scotland and Fife region in each of the last five years resulted in a (A) positive finding and (B) (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction.

Question reference: S4W-26635

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many stop and searches have taken place in the (a) (i) Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, (ii) Cowdenbeath, (iii) Dunfermline, (iv) Kirkcaldy, (v) Mid Fife and Glenrothes, (vi) North East Fife, (vii) Perthshire North, (viii) Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency and (b) Mid Scotland and Fife region in each of the last five years, broken down by people aged (A) under 12, (B) 12 to 15, (C) 16 to 25 and (D) over 25.

Question reference: S4W-26410

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much each of its directorates has spent on consultancy fees in each of the last three years.

The total expenditure incurred by core Scottish Government on external consultancy for each of the last three financial years is as follows:

1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 £4,392,297.59

1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 £5,754,700.26

1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 £4,650,293.41

The financial audit of the Scottish Government for 2014-15 is not yet complete, and the total for 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 may be subject to adjustment before being finalised.

Total expenditure incurred by core Scottish Government on external consultancy is among information published under the terms of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.

Expenditure for 2012-13:

http://www.gov.scot/About/Information/expenditure/PSRA2010/expenditure-over-25-thousand

The Scottish Government's finance system allows expenditure to be analysed by directorate, but only on the basis of the current directorate structure. Analysis of expenditure over this three year period by the current directorate structure would not accurately reflect actual expenditure incurred by directorates that have changed structure during this period, and would therefore not be comparable.