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
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Question reference: S6W-23121
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff will be involved in its four-day working week public sector pilot, broken down by (a) department or agency and (b) civil service pay band, and how many staff members (i) are currently participating in the pilot (ii) have agreed to participate but not yet started the pilot and (iii) have still to be identified to take part in the pilot.
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Question reference: S6W-23124
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the analysis of the outcomes of its four-day working week public sector pilot, how this work will be carried out and by whom, including whether it plans to appoint any consultants or outside organisations, and whether it will publish a final report.
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Question reference: S6W-23123
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what departments or agencies have expressed an interest in being involved in its four-day working week public sector pilot.
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Question reference: S6W-23126
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants have worked (a) full-time and (b) part-time on its four-day working week public sector pilot, since April 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-23122
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the (a) proposals and (b) approved plans for its four-day working week public sector pilot, including the (i) terms of reference, (ii) objectives and (iii) assessment criteria.
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Question reference: S6W-23119
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter to the COVID-19 Recovery Committee from the then Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work, dated 28 March 2023, whether it will set out the ways in which it has taken forward the aims of the Centre for Workplace Transformation through (a) the National Strategy for Economic Transformation projects, (b) other initiatives and (c) discussions with partners.
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Question reference: S6F-02622
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2023
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S6W-23006
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20204 by Jenni Minto on 14 August 2023, whether the National Hub to review all child and neonatal deaths has published its first report.
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Question reference: S6W-23005
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the findings of the NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland review of the increase in neonatal mortality will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-23034
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20632 by Shona Robison on 11 September 2023, whether the (a) stage 1 desktop and (b) stage 2 visual inspection of the Scottish Government Estate has been competed, and, if so, what the outcome of each of these inspections was.
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