Parliamentary questions
Lesley Brennan
38 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Jan 2016 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the £12 million funding for flood-hit communities derives from Barnett consequentials and when it will be distributed.
25 Jan 2016 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the average gross weekly pay for full-time employees in Scotland at the (a) 10th, (b) 50th, (c) 90th and (d) 99th percentile of the Office for National Statistics’ annual survey of hours and earnings in each of the last eight years, also broken down by g…
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Information on gross weekly earnings for full-time employees by distributions of 10 percentile bands is published by the Office for National Statistics and is available via the Nomis website (https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/) by selecting ‘Query data’ followed by …
25 Jan 2016 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many women have been employed by each local authority in each of the last three years, also broken down by the number of full-time equivalents and expressed as a percentage of the total workforce.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Information on local government employment is published on the Scottish Government website as part of the public sector employment publication: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment/PSEwebtables. The information f…
25 Jan 2016 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on (a) how many and (b) what percentage of private sector employees are paid at least the living wage.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The information requested is published on the Scottish Government website: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/AnalyticalPapers/ASHESGAnalysis The information can be found in ‘Table 17: Employees earning the Living Wage by Public/Priv…
20 Jan 2016 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning last met representatives from Dundee City Council.
20 Jan 2016 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the percentage of part-time employees who are paid less than the living wage, broken down by gender.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The percentage of part-time employees who were paid less than the living wage in 2015 by gender was: Male 45.0% Female 36.5% Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2015, Office for National Statistics Note: Covers employees aged 18+ on the PAYE sys…
20 Jan 2016 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the average gross weekly pay for full-time (a) public and (b) private sector employees in each of the last eight years, also expressed in real terms.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Information on median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees by public and private sector is published on the Scottish Government website: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/AnalyticalPapers/ASHESGAnalysis. The requested infor…
20 Jan 2016 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) public and (b) private sector employees has been covered by collective bargaining arrangements in each of the last eight years.
Answer · John Swinney: The information to calculate the percentage of public sector employees covered by collective bargaining arrangements is not held centrally. The Scottish Government does not collect or hold such information for private sector employees.