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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: S4W-00908

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to establish a future generations fund.

Question reference: S4W-00912

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to establish, and what funding it will provide for, its proposed Scotland Exchange.

The Scotland Exchange has been in beta testing mode since 2010. On 24 March 2011 members of the Global Friends of Scotland were invited to join the new Scotland Exchange network. The network is still being developed and new members are welcome.

Scotland Exchange sits on the Ning platform, at an annual cost of $500 (£321 at current exchange rates). Additional start up costs for branding and developing the site were £10,000.

Future funding will be set on an as needed basis.

Question reference: S4W-00915

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs there are in the low-carbon economy, broken down by sector.

The Scotland Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services Sector study estimated that there were 73,960 people employed in the low carbon economy in 2008-09.

These are broken down as follows:

Sector	Employment 2008-09
Environmental Sub Sectors	18,375
Renewable Energy Technologies	22,160
Low Carbon Technologies	33,425
Total	73,960

Further sectoral and regional breakdowns are available in the consultant’s report at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/344829/0114756.pdf.

Question reference: S4W-00900

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 27 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will provide to low-income families to help meet the costs associated with school in this parliamentary session.

Question reference: S4W-00904

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional money it (a) is providing to the Export Support Package in 2011 and (b) plans to provide in 2012.

Question reference: S4W-00911

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it will give from its overseas aid budget to supporting the Maldives in this parliamentary session.

Question reference: S4W-00902

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the DirectScot portal will be fully launched in 2011.

Question reference: S4W-00910

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to create a climate adaptation fund.

Question reference: S4W-00906

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the three projects that will pilot social impact bonds and how much money it will allocate to these bonds.

Question reference: S4W-00913

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost to deliver 100 community sports hubs across Scotland by 2014.

Community sports hubs will reflect the shape and needs of sport in the areas in which they will be situated. Following the publication of A games legacy for Scotland, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49208), in September 2009, we have committed £7.5 million of additional funding to help support local authorities develop their plans to ensure that 100 community sports hubs are delivered by 2014. Since September 2009 we have invested almost £19 million in facilities across Scotland some of which will feature in plans for the roll out of community sports hubs.