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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-00464

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will assist further education colleges to avoid compulsory redundancies.

Question reference: S4O-00410

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to consult on introducing a ban on smoking in cars carrying children.

Question reference: S4O-00299

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures access to orthodontic dentistry for all children who would benefit from it.

Question reference: S4O-00274

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how it proposes to improve the availability of local NHS services.

Question reference: S4W-03156

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its proposals for Scottish studies to be taught in schools, what plans it has to introduce other subjects, such as British Sign Language, into the curriculum.

Question reference: S4O-00208

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the modern apprenticeships delivered in 2010-11 went to existing employees.

Question reference: S4W-02293

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive where it plans to allocate the funds received through the rural broadband funding grant.

Having only recently been advised of Scotland’s share of UK Government funding for broadband, the Scottish Government is currently unable to confirm how the Scottish share will be allocated within Scotland. We will not be in a position to do this until we have had a chance to fully examine the data model and methodology used by the UK Government to make its regional allocations. Broadly speaking, however, it will be used for the provision of next generation broadband in areas where the market alone is not expected to deliver.

Question reference: S4O-00191

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a time limit applies for payments to private companies delivering public services and, if so, whether this applies to payments made to sub-contractors.

Question reference: S4W-01909

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many equal pay claims are outstanding, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S4W-00625

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it gives to North Lanarkshire Council to support park and ride facilities at train stations in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.

The Scottish Government support the use of station car parks to maximise rail patronage and to make the rail network accessible for people living outside a station’s walk-in catchment area.

Local authorities are funded through the Local Government Settlement with individual councils deciding upon spending priorities in their area, which may include support for a park and side facility at Cumbernauld. There is no rail station in Kilsyth.