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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-13084

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how Skills Development Scotland monitors the (a) employment and (b) training status of people who (i) complete and (ii) do not complete modern apprenticeships and how this differs from other training programmes.

Question reference: S4W-13091

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the modern apprenticeship programme in each year since 2006-07, broken down by gender of apprentice.

Question reference: S4W-13086

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Youth Employment will meet the UK Minister for Employment to discuss the European Commission’s proposed youth guarantee.

Question reference: S4W-13092

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost of a modern apprenticeship has been in each year since 2006-07, broken down by gender of apprentice.

Question reference: S4W-13090

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when Skills Development Scotland will publish the findings of the modern apprenticeship employer survey.

Question reference: S4W-13093

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what methodology was used by Skills Development Scotland in its report, Modern Apprenticeship Outcomes 2012, and how the figures were weighted.

Question reference: S4W-13088

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people who do not complete modern apprenticeships, in terms of (a) access to other programmes and (b) funding.

Question reference: S4W-13348

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how its broadband policy supports cabinet upgrades in (a) rural, (b) semi-urban and (c) urban areas.

The Scottish Government’s Step Change 2015 programme – which will deliver infrastructure capable of delivering next generation broadband by 2015 – is technology and supplier neutral. The extent to which the programme will involve upgrades to BT cabinets will depend on the detail of the contracts awarded under the Highlands and Islands and the Rest of Scotland Procurement exercises.

The focus of the Scottish Government’s broadband policy is to address the digital divide by extending the infrastructure needed to deliver next generation broadband to those areas where the market will currently not go. The focus of Step Change investment will therefore predominantly be in rural areas.

Question reference: S4W-13368

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Governement what assessment it has made of the willingness of broadband operators to upgrade cabinets in the context of its exchange upgrade programme.

The willingness of broadband operators to upgrade cabinets will depend on the outcomes of ongoing discussions which are taking place in relation to the Scottish Government’s Step Change 2015 Programme. This programme is progressing through two procurement exercises and detailed rollout plans, including the technological solutions, in respect of both procurements, will not be known until after the contracts are awarded.

Question reference: S4W-13349

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when Scottish Water’s customer forum will be established.