Parliamentary questions

Neil Bibby

1,029 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

7 Jan 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of its capital budget has been spent in each local authority area in each year since 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-23855 on 16 January 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusine…

7 Jan 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its capital budget has been spent in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · John Swinney: A breakdown by local authority of how the Scottish Government’s capital budget has been spent in each since 2007 is not available.

7 Jan 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its capital budget has been in each year since 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: Information on the capital budget is provided in the draft budget document published annually, available from the following: Draft Budget 2015-16: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/10/2706 Draft Budget 2014-15: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/09/…

18 Nov 2014 · Portfolio Question

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

11 Nov 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle homophobia in schools, and whether it plans to take additional action in light of the findings of The Teachers' Report 2014 by Stonewall Scotland.

Answer · Michael Russell: We want every child and young person in Scotland to grow up free from bullying and to develop mutually respectful, responsible and confident relationships with other children, young people and adults. Our national approach to anti-bullying sets out a common …

3 Nov 2014 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers are in post and how this compares with May 2007.

28 Oct 2014 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

27 Oct 2014 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on concerns regarding the impact that charging for SQA exam marking reviews could have on students.

20 Oct 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the skills needs are of the west of Scotland economy.

20 Aug 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many partnership nurseries there were (a) in 2012-13, (b) in 2013-14 and (c) at the start of 2014-15, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: The number of local authority funded nurseries (including partnership providers) is collected annually via the early learning and childcare census which takes place over a named week in September. The data therefore relates to a particular point in time, i.e.…

30 Jul 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it will spend on its early learning and childcare advertising campaign.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: It will not be known how much will be spent on the early learning and childcare public information campaign until the end of the campaign. We will publish campaign costs alongside results when we have them.

4 Jul 2014 · Written Question

Answer · Shona Robison: sportscotland invested £11,925,900 in active schools in each of the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14. On 3 July 2014, sportscotland announced that it will invest up to £50 million into the network across all 32 of Scotland’s local authorities over the perio…

11 Jun 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the rising cost of rent for housing.

9 Jun 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers decided that a business regulatory impact assessment was not required for the white paper on independence and, if so, on what basis.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-21684 on 23 June 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/parliamentarybu…

9 Jun 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether a business regulatory impact assessment was carried out on the white paper on independence and, if so, whether it will publish its findings.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) was not required for Scotland’s Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland. The policies within the white paper will be subjected to scrutiny and assessment as they come forward for implementation and that…

22 May 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to launch its National Litter Strategy.

12 May 2014 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many women with children under the age of 5 are seeking employment.

6 May 2014 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what historic buildings it (a) owns and (b) is responsible for maintaining under guardianship agreements in the West Scotland region.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government and associated public bodies either own, lease or maintain under a guardianship agreement, a number of properties in the West Scotland region and these can be broken down into two broad categories: properties in care – managed by Histo…