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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6O-03361

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what due diligence is conducted by Home Energy Scotland when selecting recommended suppliers to install energy efficiency improvements that are supported by Scottish Government funding.

Question reference: S6W-26904

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is reviewing the performance of the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme.

Question reference: S6F-03010

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 April 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports of significant financial pressures within NHS Lothian and NHS Borders.

Question reference: S6W-26557

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made, based on any data that it has received from HMRC, of the total value of the contribution made by Scottish employers to the UK apprenticeship levy.

Question reference: S6W-26558

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much total funding is made available to colleges to deliver apprenticeships.

Question reference: S6W-26559

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much total funding is made available to independent learning providers to deliver apprenticeships.

Question reference: S6W-26560

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it next plans to review the amount paid, per apprentice, to (a) colleges and (b) independent learning providers to deliver apprenticeships.

Question reference: S6W-25834

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 February 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw (on behalf of the SPCB) on 5 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has provided an office-holder resettlement grant to the former Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, following his resignation; whether it has been informed of any intention to decline or return such a grant, and, if this is not the case, (a) whether such a grant will be provided in instalments or by lump-sum payment and (b) when any such payment(s) is/are due.

The SPCB is required under the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009, Schedule 2, to pay an Office Holder resettlement grant to an individual who –

(a) stops being the holder of a pensionable office, and

(b) is not appointed as the holder of a pensionable office during the following 90 days.

Under the Act, there is no provision to withhold or refuse the payment. Payment of the resettlement grant is made as a one-off lump sum payment on the next available pay day after the 90 days have lapsed.

Question reference: S6F-02813

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Scottish Information Commissioner’s intervention into its use and retention of informal communications, in light of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Question reference: S6W-24466

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government which external consulting firms are working or advising on preparations for a National Care Service, and what the cost of any such contracts (a) has been to date and (b) is projected to be in the 2024-25 financial year.

a) A list of external consulting firms engaged to provide consultancy for research, co-design, engagement, and external support, and the cost of these contracts to date is provided in the following table.

These figures are as of 15 January and are provisional and subject to adjustment prior to and at year-end. Further costs may be incurred before the year-end.

Supplier Awarded Contract	Contract Expenditure to Date
Anderson Anderson Brown LLP (AAB)	£54,605
Anderson Anderson Brown LLP (AAB)	£26,220
Deloitte	£80,400
KPMG	£655,200
PwC	£82,032
PwC	£107,021
Socitm (Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation)	£380,778
Storm ID	£56,760
Capgemini Invents	£58,800
Capgemini Invents	£406,476
IPSOS Mori	£103,800
This is Milk	£30,376
This is Milk	£12,240
Civic Computing	£74,880
Total Contract Expenditure to Date	£2,153,762

There are two contracts in the preceding table totalling £24,174 that are attributed to the consultancy costs, but which do not relate to the NCS. These are included in total contract expenditure to date, but are not reported individually.

A further invoice of £12,240 relating to services provided by This is Milk is anticipated to be received before the end of the financial year.

b) No estimate of consultancy expenditure for financial year 2024-25 has been finalised, and no consultancy expenditure has been committed to for that year.