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: S5O-01841
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a whistleblower has claimed that there has been "sizeable" misuse of public funds at the Scottish Police Authority.
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Question reference: S5W-14128
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what level of funding it made available to Scotland's Employer Recruitment Incentive (SERI).
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Question reference: S5W-14131
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses received disability and autism awareness training as a result of Scotland's Employer Recruitment Incentive (SERI).
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Question reference: S5W-14129
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many employment opportunities, including apprenticeships, have been made available to unemployed young people as a result of Scotland's Employer Recruitment Incentive (SERI), broken down by (a) disabled people or people with a long-term health condition, (b) care-experienced young people, (c) carers, (d) people with convictions, including community payback orders, (e) early leavers from the armed forces, veterans or ex-forces personnel, (f) people unemployed for six months or more who are not on the Work Programme or a Community Work Placement, (g) people who have failed their ESA Work Capability Assessment, (h) Work Programme completers who remain unemployed, (i) ethnic minority groups, (j) people from the Gypsy/Traveller community, (k) partners of current or ex-Armed Forces personnel, (l) people requiring support with language, literacy or numeracy, including those for whom English is an additional language, (m) lone parents, (n) people with lower than SCQF Level 5 qualifications, (o) young people who received additional support for learning in school, (p) refugees or other people granted leave to stay in the UK, (q) homeless people, including those in temporary or unstable accommodation and (r) people affected by substance misuse.
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Question reference: S5W-14130
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of young people offered a job or apprenticeship through Scotland's Employer Recruitment Incentive (SERI) remained in employment after 13 weeks, broken down by (a) disabled people or people with a long-term health condition, (b) care-experienced young people, (c) carers, (d) people with convictions, including community payback orders, (e) early leavers from the armed forces, veterans or ex-forces personnel, (f) people unemployed for six months or more who are not on the Work Programme or a Community Work Placement, (g) people who have failed their ESA Work Capability Assessment, (h) Work Programme completers who remain unemployed, (i) ethnic minority groups, (j) people from the Gypsy/Traveller community, (k) partners of current or ex-Armed Forces personnel, (l) people requiring support with language, literacy or numeracy, including those for whom English is an additional language, (m) lone parents, (n) people with lower than SCQF Level 5 qualifications, (o) young people who received additional support for learning in school, (p) refugees or other people granted leave to stay in the UK, (q) homeless people, including those in temporary or unstable accommodation and (r) people affected by substance misuse.
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Question reference: S5W-12782
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many doctors from across the UK have applied to become GPs in Scotland in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5O-01750
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 31 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had regarding the improvement of support services for vulnerable people finding themselves homeless or in temporary accommodation.
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Question reference: S5O-01683
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported high pupil-teacher ratios across the Lothian area.
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Question reference: S5O-01621
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the quality of watercourses in the Lothian region.
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Question reference: S5W-13013
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 12 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) process and (b) timetable is for revising the licensing of misoprostol to allow it to be taken outside of a hospital or clinic, and in the absence of medical staff, for the purpose of carrying out an abortion, and which stakeholders it has consulted or plans to consult regarding this.