Jenny Marra

5 Jan 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to assist business start-ups.

5 Jan 2015 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how the NHS is dealing with Ebola.

8 Dec 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what planning it is doing to keep the jobs and opportunities of decommissioning the oil and gas industry in Scotland.

5 Dec 2014 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to meet its national waiting time guarantees for gastroenterology.

17 Nov 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on the Dundee Port Railhead as recommended in the Tactran strategy.

10 Nov 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the facilities being similar, what the reason is for the difference in the costs of building the Murray Royal, Gartnavel Royal and New Craigs psychiatric units.

3 Nov 2014 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many civil service jobs it has transferred to Dundee, or has established in the city, since 2007.

28 Oct 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many drug rehabilitation beds have been available in NHS Tayside in each year since 2007.

Answer · Alex Neil: The information requested is not held centrally.

8 Oct 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many title deeds have been defective in each year since 1999.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-22803 on 6 November 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/parliamenta…

8 Oct 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of defective title deeds there have been in each year since 1999.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: Title to land follows from either the recording of a deed in the Register of Sasines or the registration of the title in the Land Register of Scotland. The two registers currently hold around 2.5 million titles, and the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland kee…

8 Oct 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) museums and (b) art galleries it provides revenue funding for.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government provides direct revenue funding to the National Museums of Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland, V&A Dundee, Scottish Maritime Museum, Scottish Fisheries Museum and National Mining Museum of Scotland. The Scottish Government also p…

11 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people teaching deaf pupils (a) have and (b) do not have the appropriate qualifications to do so, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Michael Russell: This information is not held centrally. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 places a duty on education authorities to establish procedures for identifying and meeting the additional support needs of children and young people. …

11 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who teach deaf pupils are not formally registered to do so, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Michael Russell: The supplementary dataset to the Scottish Government’s annual teacher census identifies the numbers of primary, secondary, special and centrally employed teachers who have indicated that their main subject taught, or other subject taught, is categorised as ‘H…

11 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people are registered to teach deaf pupils and how many are in post, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Michael Russell: The General Teaching Council for Scotland registers teachers to teach either in the primary sector or in the secondary sector. ‘To teach deaf pupils’ is not a registration category used by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the reasons are for the youth unemployment rate in Scotland being higher than in the UK as a whole.

Answer · Angela Constance: The Labour Force Survey figures for April to June 2014 demonstrate that youth unemployment rate in Scotland has decreased by 2.9% over the year to 16.2%, the same as in the UK.

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish its refreshed youth employment strategy.

Answer · Angela Constance: The Scottish Government plans to publish a refreshed youth employment strategy later in 2014.

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it will conduct in addition to the survey that it carried out as part of its youth employment strategy refresh.

Answer · Angela Constance: We are working with a range of stakeholders on the refresh of the youth employment strategy. We supported an event for young people that took place on 19 August 2014. Employers, public bodies and the third sector will all have the chance to contribute to the …

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish the findings of its youth employment strategy refresh survey.

Answer · Angela Constance: The findings will be used to inform discussions with young people, stakeholders and employers and to shape the refresh of the youth employment strategy to be published later this year. We will publish a summary of the findings in due course.

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how and (b) when it advertised its refreshed youth employment strategy on its website and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Answer · Angela Constance: In Parliament on 24 June 2014, I announced the Scottish Government’s intention to refresh the youth employment strategy. It is not a formal publication and has not been advertised as such. A range of stakeholders and interested groups have been approached for…

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its reasons were for choosing the type of survey it used to inform its youth employment strategy refresh and what other methods of consultation it considered.

Answer · Angela Constance: This type of survey was chosen to ensure that employers had an early opportunity to input to the refresh of the strategy. The responses will supplement engagement with key stakeholders. In addition to the survey and engagement plan we have supported the devel…

7 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when and for what reason it decided to refresh its youth employment strategy.

Answer · Angela Constance: In Parliament on 24 June 2014, I announced this government’s intention to refresh the youth employment strategy. The economy returned to pre-recession levels in the first quarter of this year with a general strengthening of the labour market. Against a backdr…

28 Jul 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers that an independent Scotland would continue to receive UK Sport funding given that UK Sport does not fund sporting activity in other countries.

16 Jun 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it is spending £623 less in real terms per pupil on education than it was in 2008-09.

Answer · Michael Russell: In cash terms, between 2007-08 and 2012-13, the resources within the Scottish Government’s control increased by 6.4%. Over the same period local government’s budget increased by 8.9% in cash terms demonstrating the strong financial settlements agreed with lo…

9 Jun 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Dundee City Council regarding taking forward some of the plans in the Dundee City of Culture 2017 bid.

23 Apr 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward proposals to the Parliament to deal with dangerous dogs.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The consultation ‘Promoting responsible dog ownership in Scotland: microchipping and other measures' closed on 31 March 2014 with in excess of 2,000 responses received. The responses will be independently analysed and thoroughly considered and it is expected …

17 Mar 2014 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to tackle human trafficking.

10 Mar 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what international treaties it expects an independent Scotland would sign.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Following a vote for independence, Scotland will declare and notify its intention to assume responsibility for the UK’s multilateral and bilateral treaties, where it is in Scotland’s interest to do so, as mentioned in the white paper. The Scottish Government …

25 Feb 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding Skills Development Scotland has given to the modern apprenticeship programme in each year, broken down by sector, and what the projected level is for (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.

Answer · Angela Constance: The Scottish Government does not hold this data centrally. I will ask the Chief Executive of Skills Development Scotland to write to you with the information you have requested.

28 Jan 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will hold its proposed summit on dangerous dogs.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Scottish Government consultation ‘Promoting Responsible Dog Ownership’ ends on 31 March 2014 and, while final arrangements for the summit on responsible dog ownership are in the process of being made, the summit will take place before the end of the consu…

9 Jan 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it consulted specifically on its proposal to extend the period in which assets vest in a trustee to four years and, if so, with what outcome.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: This proposal arose as a result of feedback from stakeholders who, after the consultation on bankruptcy law reform, reported an issue with the current approach, for example, in protected trust deeds where the practice was often to write the period in which as…