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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: S4F-02909

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2015

To ask the First Minister what role the Scottish Government is playing in discussions regarding the BBC charter renewal process.

Question reference: S4W-26971

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which local authority has accumulated the highest interest through the operation of a lender option borrower option loan.

Question reference: S4W-26969

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on lender option borrower option loans and whether they provide best value for local government finance.

Question reference: S4W-26970

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the current cost is to (a) North Lanarkshire, (b) South Lanarkshire and (c) Falkirk Council of lender option borrower option loans.

Question reference: S4W-26230

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 17 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost is of delivering one hour of childcare in a (a) state and (b) private nursery.

The Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics published each February set out final outturn gross revenue expenditure by Scottish local authorities on preschool education. The latest publication covers gross revenue expenditure for the financial year 2013-14 and is available at the following link: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/02/3131.

This expenditure includes spend on the statutory free preschool entitlement, along with some non-statutory provision of early learning and childcare and spend on free and subsidised school meals in preschool settings. The breakdowns in this publication do not distinguish spend on local authority provision from spend on partner provider provision.

Question reference: S4O-04496

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of young people who left school in 2013-14 went on to positive destinations and what those destinations were.

Question reference: S4O-04356

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the number of doctors in training for general practice.

Question reference: S4O-04321

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the Education Maintenance Allowance programme.

Unlike the UK Government, the Scottish Government committed to maintaining the Education Maintenance Allowance programme and in the financial year 2015-16 invests £29.6 million, providing 34,955 young people aged 16 to 19 from low income households with a weekly payment of £30 to help them stay on at school or go to college. In line with the First Minister’s commitment to help more young people access and stay on in education, we are currently considering how we might extend the scheme.

Question reference: S4O-04281

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what opportunities enhanced devolution could bring to the transport system.

Question reference: S4O-04259

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed football club funding with BSkyB, ITV and the BBC.