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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-04403

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what additional staff and resources it has provided to Scottish Development International to help increase the level of exports to the rest of the UK.

Our trade and investment strategy published in March this year set out a comprehensive action plan to boost Scotland’s export activity and to make it clear that Scotland is open for business, including with the rest of the UK. Scottish Development International currently has sufficient resource within the UK to deliver that. The opening of an innovation and investment hub in London will play a crucial role in promoting Scottish goods and services to existing and new customers and markets in London and beyond.

Question reference: S5W-03828

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost is of meeting all assessed maintenance requirements for each college, broken down by individual college.

Question reference: S5W-03826

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the maintenance budget has been for each college in each year since 2011.

Question reference: S5W-03827

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the classification is in the risk register of each college property.

Question reference: S5W-04404

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that proximity is a key driver of exporting levels and, if so, what action it is taking to increase exports to the rest of the UK.

The latest published figures for 2014 estimate that Scottish exports to the rest of the UK are worth £48.5 billion making it Scotland’s largest export market. We are therefore well aware of the importance of this market to the Scottish economy. Our trade and investment strategy published in March this year set out a comprehensive action plan to boost Scotland’s export activity and to make it clear that Scotland is open forbusiness, including with the rest of the UK. The opening of an innovation and investment hub in London, for example, will play a crucial role in promoting Scottish goods and services to existing and new customers and markets in London and beyond.

Question reference: S5W-03812

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all senior staff employed to assist with the development of Glasgow Prestwick Airport since it assumed ownership.

The current Executive Management Team comprises:

Ron Smith – Chief Executive Officer
Derek Banks – Finance and Commercial Director
Jules Matteoni – Operations Director
Mike Stewart – Business Development Director
Sonia Rafferty – Human Resource Director

The Chief Executive Officer, Chief Commercial Officer and Finance Director appointed by the previous owners left the business in September 2015, August 2015 and May 2016 respectively.

Question reference: S5W-03815

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what freight has been transported from Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since 2011.

Question reference: S5W-03962

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government who is on the board of (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise; when each appointment started and what remuneration each member receives.

All information on the Board Members of Scottish Enterprise is publically available on their website and can be found here:

https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/about-us/our-leadership/board-members?usedevice=m

Details of the remuneration of each Board Member of Scottish Enterprise can be found in their most recent Annual Report and Accounts:

https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/knowledge-hub/articles/publication/annual-reports

All information on the Board Members of Highlands and Islands Enterprise is publically available on their website and can be found here:

http://www.hie.co.uk/about-hie/who-we-are/board-members/

Details of the remuneration of each Board Member of Highlands and Islands Enterprise can be found in their most recent Annual Report and Accounts:

http://www.hie.co.uk/about-hie/policies-and-publications/annual-reports.html

Question reference: S5W-03814

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many passengers have flown from Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since 2011.

Question reference: S5W-03750

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the 86 performance measures are for Highland and Islands Enterprise.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) use performance measures to help monitor the contribution they make in terms of their economic and social impact on the longer term goals of Scotland’s Economic Strategy. These performance measures are set out in their Operating Plan.

The 2016-19 Operating Plan can be found here:

http://www.hie.co.uk/about-hie/policies-and-publications/operating-plan.html

Year	Tonnes
2011	11,846
2012	10,314
2013	9,526
2014	12,540
2015	11,242

Year	Passengers (000)
2011	1,296
2012	1,067
2013	1,145
2014	912
2015	610