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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: S4W-27886

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether all government agencies, non-departmental public bodies and other arm's-length government bodies are expected to follow the public sector pay policy.

Question reference: S4W-27773

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26462 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, what other capital projects will be subject to changes to staffing as a result of the transition to the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 10).

Question reference: S4W-27772

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26463 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, whether it has discussed the revised structure for the proposed model with the Office for National Statistics and, if so, when.

Question reference: S4W-27760

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26441 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, whether all projects with a financial close date of after September 2014 have been affected by the Eurostat change.

Question reference: S4W-27762

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26468 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, in light of the reported public interest in the matter, whether it will publish the advice.

Question reference: S4W-27766

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26461 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, which projects where capital contributions are no longer being made are affected and, in these cases, what the unitary payments (a) were before and (b) are expected to be now.

A list of projects where capital contributions are no longer being made is provided in the following table. Unitary payments for these projects will be confirmed when contracts are signed.

Health Design, Build, Finance and Maintain (DBFM) Projects

Project Name	Territory	Procuring Authority
Inverclyde Care Home	West	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
NHS Lothian Bundle	South East	NHS Lothian
Pharmaceutical Special Services	East Central	NHS Tayside
Stirling Care Village	East Central	NHS Forth Valley
Gorbals/Woodside Health Centre	West	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Schools DBFM Projects

Project Name	Territory	Procuring Authority
Oban and Campbeltown High Schools	North	Argyll and Bute Council
Newbattle High School	South East	Midlothian Council
South of the City Academy	North	Aberdeen City Council
West Calder High School	South East	West Lothian Council
Barrhead High School	West	East Renfrewshire Council

Question reference: S4W-27771

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26467 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, what the implications are for projects transferring to the new structure and, other than the schools referred to in the response, which projects will transfer.

Question reference: S4W-27770

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26471 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, which of the capital projects that it has announced without firm timings are to be funded by the hub design-build-finance-maintain programme, which is subject to time delays.

Question reference: S4W-27765

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26450 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, for what reason it has not carried out an assessment of project costs or inflation impacts on the delayed projects.

Question reference: S4W-27757

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26442 by John Swinney on 31 July 2015, whether it will provide details of all of the projects delayed for each year, also broken down by (a) the length of delay and (b) what the additional cost will be.