Parliamentary questions

James Kelly

833 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

8 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take steps to make to make Duodopa routinely available for people with advanced Parkinson's, in light of the recent decision to do so in England.

Answer · Shona Robison: In Scotland, the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) provides advice on medicines. The Scottish Government’s position is that pharmaceutical companies should put forward a good quality submission to SMC with a fair offering on price. SMC has recently received…

8 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people with advanced Parkinson’s have been given Duodopa in each of the last three years.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally.

8 Jun 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote fair trade.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that producers in the developing world achieve a fair price for their goods. Key to this commitment is our core funding support for the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, who have received nearly £800,000 since 2007 to…

1 Jun 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire.

Answer · Shona Robison: Ministers and government officials regularly meet with representatives of all health boards, including NHS Lanarkshire.

11 May 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support college students.

1 May 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met officials from NHS Lanarkshire.

Answer · Shona Robison: Ministers and government officials regularly meet with representatives of all NHS boards, including NHS Lanarkshire.

30 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will transfer any outstanding EU funding relating to the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project to the City Deal programme.

Answer · Derek Mackay: In January 2007, the European Commission under the TEN-T budget agreed to provide Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) with financial aid of 1,700,000 to facilitate design and preparatory works necessary for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project to be …

30 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it received from the EU in respect of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project; how much of that funding was spent, and what the terms and conditions for repayment were.

9 Mar 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to college students.

4 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what resources it has provided to the previous First Minister to assist in the compilation of his memoirs.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: None.

9 Feb 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it allocates money from the budget to capital grant funding for projects.

5 Jan 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many acute hospitals were on red alert in the last week of 2014 and first week of 2015.

4 Dec 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many households in each of the lowest three Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation deciles have at least one inhabitant who is in receipt of a council tax reduction, also expressed as a percentage of the households.

Answer · John Swinney: The following table shows the number of chargeable dwellings in each of the lowest three Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation deciles, the number of council tax reduction (CTR) recipients, and the number of CTR recipients as a % of chargeable dwellings. …

4 Dec 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people in each of the lowest three Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation deciles are in receipt of a council tax reduction.

Answer · John Swinney: Information is collected on how many ‘households’ in each of the lowest three Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation deciles are in receipt of a council tax reduction. I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-23533 on 15 December 2014. All answers to…

2 Dec 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the methodology used to predict oil prices in its white paper on independence.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-23496 on 16 December 2014. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliament…

2 Dec 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the effect of a falling oil price on (a) jobs and (b) the economy in (i) the north east and (ii) Scotland.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government is carefully monitoring the oil price given the importance of the oil and gas sector in Scotland. The fall in oil prices will be beneficial in terms of reduced transport costs – helping individuals and businesses. We are aware that the…

2 Dec 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of oil prices for the next five years.

Answer · John Swinney: A range of institutions have published forecasts for oil prices in recent months. The recent dip in prices has been driven by a number of factors, many of which are anticipated to be temporary, and the majority of forecasters expect prices to start rising aga…

2 Dec 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people in each of the lowest three income deciles are in receipt of a council tax reduction, also expressed as a percentage of each group.

24 Nov 2014 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on the payment of the living wage in public contracts.

3 Nov 2014 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the KPMG study that indicates that more than 400,000 workers in Scotland are being paid less than the living wage.