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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-29143

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many students who qualify for the education maintenance allowance are studying for (a) one Higher, (b) two Highers, (c) more than two Highers and (d) no Highers, broken down by local authority.

Data on the number of students who qualify for the Education Maintenance Allowance and the qualifications they are studying for are not held centrally.

Data on the number of students who received Education Maintenance Allowance is available in the Scottish Government's annual national statistics publication Education Maintenance Allowances 2013-14. Data for local authorities are available from the Scottish Government website:

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Lifelong-learning/DataEMA

Question reference: S4W-29144

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many students studying for (a) one Higher, (b) two Highers, (c) more than two Highers and (d) no Highers who qualify for the education maintenance allowance receive each of the payment bands.

Data on the number of students who qualify for the Education Maintenance Allowance and the qualifications they are studying for are not held centrally.

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Lifelong-learning/DataEMA

Question reference: S4W-29104

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted for offences in licensed betting shops in each year since 2010 and how many convictions were for offences against staff.

Question reference: S4W-29103

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions Police Scotland and predecessor forces have been called to licensed betting shops in each year since 2010, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Question reference: S4O-04902

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S4W-28115

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the impact of gambling on communities, what its position is on whether licensed betting shops should be included in the updated EU money laundering directive, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this matter.

Question reference: S4W-28091

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) it and (b) sportscotland has given to Weightlifting Scotland in each year since 2007.

The amount of sportscotland's funding direct to Weightlifting Scotland in each year since 2007 is shown in column 2 of the following table. In addition, and separate from the funding provided direct to Weightlifting Scotland, sportscotland has managed in-house the sport's performance programme, and invested the funding shown in column 3. The Scottish Government has not provided funding direct to Weightlifting Scotland.

Year (1)	sportscotland's funding direct to Weightlifting Scotland (2)	sportscotland's internally managed programme (3)	Total award level by year (4)
2007-08	£0	£0	£0
2008-09	£0	£0	£0
2009-10	£0	£0	£0
2010-11	£0	£9,577	£9,577
2011-12	£0	£24,000	£24,000
2012-13	£0	£32,500	£32,500
2013-14	£7,500*	£52,500	£60,000
2014-15	£0	£52,500	£52,500
2015-16**
Total Investment	£7,500	£171,077	£178,577

*Realigned 18 month investment to cover administration costs – £15,000 awarded but £7,500 removed due to governance concerns.

**'Up to' planned award of £9,200 approved by sportscotland but not released due to on-going governance concerns.

Question reference: S4W-28092

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions regarding Weightlifting Scotland it has had with sportscotland since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-27870

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with Argyll and Bute Council regarding education provision at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh.

Question reference: S4W-27871

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what recent representations the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has received from trade union representatives regarding education provision at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh.