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.
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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14658 by Keith Brown on 22 February 2023, whether it will provide a breakdown of the statistics by local authority area.
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service court transcripts contract is due for renewal; whether it will be put out to tender, and what its position is on this matter.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much has been held in Integrated Joint Board (IJB) reserves in each year since IJBs were established, broken down by each IJB.
To ask the Scottish Government, of the households that have claimed social security benefits in the last 12 months, how many had a (a) woman and (b) man as the lead claimant.
To ask the Scottish Government, of the couples who are claiming social security benefits in Scotland, how many have a (a) woman and (b) man as the lead claimant.
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the recommendations contained within the report of the Independent Review of the Response to Deaths in Prison Custody have been (a) implemented and (b) introduced into the system, broken down by each of the five themes.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to new data showing that the number of registered businesses in Scotland has reportedly fallen to its lowest since 2016, including the number of large companies with 250+ employees.
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to invite nominations for the Access for All programme for the 2024-29 control period, prior to submitting nominations to the Department for Transport, and what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government in relation to the programme.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recently reported comments made by venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, concerning short-term let regulations, that “unless secondary letting is also available in all types of property, including tenement stairs, there will simply not be enough accommodation for August's Festivals”.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will revoke the Clydeport (COP 26 etc.) Harbour Revision Order 2021.