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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: S5W-19191

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish Businesses in Scotland 2018.

Question reference: S5W-19192

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what proportion of people who register as self-employed each year do not start their own businesses.

Question reference: S5W-19052

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when it will issue contracts to training providers for the delivery of Employability Fund programmes.

Skills Development Scotland are responsible for issuing contracts to training providers.

The Scottish Government will outline our budget later in the year following confirmation from the UK Government of the financial settlement to Scotland. Budget allocations for SDS and other NDPBs for 2019-20 will be determined by that process.

Following the completion of the budget process Skills Development Scotland will issue contracts to Providers.

Question reference: S5W-19021

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has received in Barnett consequentials from the UK Apprenticeship Levy (a) in 2017-18 and (b) since April 2018, and how this has been allocated.

As announced by UK Government Treasury on 14 November 2016 the Scottish Government's settlement from the Barnett consequentials of the Apprenticeship Levy is (a) 2017-2018 - £221 million; and (b) 2018-2019 - £230 million.

As the public sector is liable to pay the levy, the overall net effect is a reduction in public sector spending power in Scotland. A similar impact has been experienced in the other devolved nations.

All of the monies nationally allocated to the Block Grant as a consequence of the UK Government’s Apprenticeship Levy has been invested in skills, training and employability services.

Question reference: S5W-19057

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when it will complete the review of the Employability Fund.

Question reference: S5W-19055

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many public sector construction projects in each of the last five years have used locally-sourced stone, and how much this represented as a percentage of the overall cost of each project.

Question reference: S5W-19023

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects to receive in Barnett consequentials from the UK Apprenticeship Levy in each of the next three years.

Question reference: S5W-19022

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much each sector in Scotland is contributing to the UK Apprenticeship Levy.

Question reference: S5W-19294

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to change the discount structure for Scottish Water customers and, if so, whether it will undertake a full poverty impact assessment before doing so.

I refer the member to answer to question S5W-19172 on 23 October 2018. The Scottish Government will undertake additional consultations and impact assessments before implementing any changes to customer charges.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

Question reference: S5W-19169

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many residential customers have received single person discounts from Scottish Water in each of the last 10 years.