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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.

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: S5W-20217

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in publishing statistical information regarding the devolved employment service, Fair Start Scotland.

Fair Start Scotland is Scotland’s devolved employability support service and is designed to offer support on a voluntary basis to help people, including those who are further removed from the labour market, who want help to find work and stay in work.

The Scottish Government has proactively published information on its devolved employability services since December 2017. Today we are publishing information on the first six months of operation of Fair Start Scotland, which shows a total of 4,978 people have started on Fair Start Scotland during the period 3 April to 28 September 2018.

The publication outlines the number of starts and referrals to the service. It also provides further information on the transitional services introduced in April 2017.

We will continue to publish statistical data relating to Fair Start Scotland on a quarterly basis.

Question reference: S5O-02554

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on SEPA's investigation into the Mossmorran petrochemical plant.

Question reference: S5O-02529

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with ScotRail regarding operations on the Fife Circle.

Question reference: S4O-03747

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4O-03709

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of the mandatory workforce and workload planning tool for nursing has had on the number of nurses in NHS Fife.

Question reference: S4W-22948

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use in determining the suitability of proposals for the location of the national headquarters of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Question reference: S4W-22797

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2014
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Keith Brown on 8 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the development of plans for rail services.

Question reference: S4T-00804

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking regarding the future of Longannet power station.

Question reference: S4O-03545

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the impact on child poverty in Scotland of any UK Government freeze on child benefit.

Question reference: S4O-03477

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the UK Government's proposed renewal of Trident will have on Scotland's public finances.

In its concluding report, published on 1 July 2014, the Trident Commission estimated the annual net present value of the UK Government’s proposed Trident renewal plans to average £2.9 billion per year. Scotland’s population share of this equates to around £240 million a year at 2012 prices.

The total lifetime costs of the Trident successor programme are calculated to be around £103 billion in cash terms at 2012 prices, with annual costs peaking at around £4 billion a year by the mid-2020s. Scotland’s population share of those total costs equates to around £8.6 billion over the project’s lifespan.