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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To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what consultation it is undertaking regarding the 2022-23 uprating of the Staff Cost Provision, and what review of any increase in the provision it has planned.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what it considers to be its obligations under the Fair Work Convention with regards to staff employed directly by MSPs.
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to public bodies regarding the use of court action in response to industrial and/or strike action.
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil service jobs have been redistributed to the South Scotland region over the past five years, broken down by area.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported outbreak of avian influenza in Angus, for what reason there is not routine vaccination against this virus in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to the (a) Cunninghame, (b) Irvine and (c) Trust Housing Associations for the construction of new housing in each year between 1999 and 2011.
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the 465 million euros allocated from the European Social Fund for the period 2014-2020 has (a) been spent and (b) returned to the EU as unspent or decommitted funds.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 26 October 2021 that there will be a "rapid review of the services that are required to support people who experience mental health and substance use problems" (Official Report, c. 69), who will carry out the review; whether it will provide further details of the review’s remit, and when it anticipates (a) the review will be completed and (b) a report will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will confirm the date for the removal of the requirement for EWS1 forms, and their replacement with Scottish Government-funded Single Building Assessments.
To ask the Scottish Government which sites have had river gravel extraction licences granted in each of the last five years.