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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: S4O-02892

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what economic growth opportunities the canal network in Glasgow Anniesland offers local communities.

Question reference: S4O-02618

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what trading and cooperation opportunities there are for Scotland arising from its participation in the recent Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference.

Question reference: S4O-02519

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to promote the reduction of food waste.

Question reference: S4O-02484

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the findings of the second report of the Fiscal Commission Working Group.

Question reference: S4W-17536

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2013
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce legislation to improve outcomes for carers and young carers.

The First Minister announced on 1 October 2013, at the second annual Carers Parliament, that the Scottish Government plans to introduce legislation to improve outcomes for carers and young carers.

We will consult widely on legislation that aims to improve both the assessment and support for carers and young carers. In relation to young carers, this will take account of the existing measures within the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

We believe that this legislation, focused on carers and young carers, will: improve carers’ health and wellbeing;sustain the caring role;enable carers to have a life alongside caring;assist carers to remain in or return to work;enable access to community support networks and prevent or delay hospital or residential care admissions for cared-for persons.

Question reference: S4O-02443

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the educational benefits are of learning a second language.

Question reference: S4O-02420

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it providing assistance to NGOs supporting humanitarian projects in Syria, whether it shares growing concerns at the mounting humanitarian crisis in the country.

Question reference: S4O-02260

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what impact Ministry of Defence rules for procurement of naval vessels will have on jobs in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-14787

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-05467 by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2012, whether it will provide an update of its estimate of Scotland's share of the cost of (a) operating and (b) replacing the Trident system.

The Scottish Government estimates that, based on 2011-12 UK defence spending figures and on UK Ministers’ statement that in-service costs for Trident are around 5 to 6% of the total defence budget, Scotland’s 8.4% population share of operating costs for the Trident nuclear weapons system is around £170 million per annum.

In addition to those operating costs, the Scottish Government estimates that Scotland’s population share of the replacement costs for the UK Government’s nuclear deterrent programme, outlined most recently in The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2012 Update to Parliament, is between £1.26 and £1.68 billion at 2006-07 prices.

Question reference: S4O-02147

Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the provision of outdoor sports facilities with all-weather surfaces in the grounds of secondary schools.