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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-10309

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of the Scottish Futures Trust regarding Aberdeen City Council's tax incremental financing application and when.

Question reference: S4W-10313

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what feedback each local authority received regarding the criteria used to select the tax incremental financing pilot projects.

Question reference: S4W-10311

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers considered Aberdeen City Council's proposal for a tax incremental financing pilot project ahead of higher ranked proposals and, if so, on what grounds.

Question reference: S4W-10307

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what score the Scottish Futures Trust gave each tax incremental financing pilot project application.

Question reference: S4W-10306

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Futures Trust used geographic location as part of the assessment criteria for tax incremental financing pilot projects.

Question reference: S4F-00986

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2012

To ask the First Minister what the purpose is of the Scottish Government's proposed changes to criminal legal aid.

Question reference: S4W-10279

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether Disclosure Scotland has set a target date for the completion of all retrospective checks on enhanced disclosure certificates and, if so, what date.

Question reference: S4W-10282

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has prioritised retrospective checks on enhanced disclosure certificates of staff from certain organisations and, if so, what organisations.

Disclosure Scotland has not prioritised retrospective checking for any organisation. It has worked with major users to put in place monthly maximum allocations of retrospective applications they may submit. The allocations are not inflexible and will be reviewed regularly by Disclosure Scotland in consultation with the organisations.

The decision about which staff and when they should be asked to apply to join the PVG Scheme under retrospective checking has been left to employers and organisations as they are best placed to make that decision.

Question reference: S4W-10283

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) plans to recommence publishing monthly performance indicators on the Disclosure Scotland website and (b) has discussed publishing police response times on a monthly basis.

Question reference: S4W-10281

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) police forces, (b) Disclosure Scotland and (c) representatives of the Scottish police service regarding whether additional resources will be needed once retrospective checks on enhanced disclosure certificates start on 29 October 2012.

Discussions have taken place between Disclosure Scotland officials representing Scottish Ministers, the Scottish police forces and the ACPOS strategic lead for this area of work.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-10280 on 7 November 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.