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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-28258

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) males and (b) females have taken part in the modern apprenticeship programme in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-28257

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many care leavers have taken part in the modern apprenticeship programme in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-28288

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which schools in West Lothian are being given support by the Attainment Scotland Fund schools programme; how much support they are receiving; what criteria were used for selecting them, and what support the programme can provide to the schools that were not chosen but were close to the selected schools in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation rankings.

The schools in West Lothian involved in the Attainment Scotland Fund Schools Programme are Bridgend Primary School and St Thomas Primary School. We are currently reviewing their improvement plans and once finalised their funding allocation will be made available. The schools were selected on the basis that over 70% of their pupils live in the 20% most deprived data zones in Scotland (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation).

The Scottish Attainment Challenge provides both the targeted support made through the Attainment Scotland Fund and universal support available across Scotland. This includes an attainment advisor, who will work collaboratively alongside local authority staff on agreed priorities, a national hub, which provides a virtual centre of educational expertise and incorporates a range of features to build collaborative learning and engage leaders and practitioners.

Question reference: S4W-28219

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many posts in Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd attract a recruitment and retention allowance or other market-based pay supplement and whether it will provide a breakdown of staff in these posts by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) geographical area.

Question reference: S4W-28218

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd pays in recruitment and retention allowances or similar market-based pay supplements.

Question reference: S4O-04820

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4W-28132

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not provided financial support to the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian for 2015-16.

Question reference: S4W-28133

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the investigation by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator into the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian.

Question reference: S4W-28131

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the work of the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian.

Question reference: S4W-28134

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the independent report that it has commissioned into the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian.

The Scottish Government has been actively engaging with the West Lothian Voluntary Sector Gateway to seek to address a number of matters, and a report was commissioned earlier in 2015 into the operation of Voluntary Sector Gateway. Whilst the process is on-going and whilst the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is considering matters relating to the charity, the report cannot be made publicly available.