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.
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To ask the Scottish Government which organisations it (a) has met and (b) plans to meet, to discuss the draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03246 by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021, whether its estimate of the cost to local government of the increase in employers' national insurance contributions has changed, and, if so, what its current estimate is.
To ask the Scottish Government whether KPMG has been asked to conduct a review of the implementation of the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards, and, if so, how much KPMG will be paid to conduct the review; what the full remit will be, and whether the heads of the (a) alcohol and drug partnerships and (b) health and social care partnerships were consulted.
To ask the Scottish Government how many projects were funded as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund in the (a) Midlothian, (b) East Lothian, (c) Scottish Borders, (d) Dumfries and Galloway, (e) South Ayrshire, (f) East Ayrshire, (g) North Ayrshire and (h) South Lanarkshire Council area, broken down by the (i) name of, (ii) cost of and (iii) number of jobs created by, each project.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy has incorporated comments from (a) Close the Gap and (b) Engender.
To ask the Scottish Government how the obligations in section 13 of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020 “to consult persons with experience in or knowledge of the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies intended to tackle gender inequality” have been realised.
To ask the Scottish Government how many metastatic breast cancer patients have had access to a clinical nurse specialist, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what data and information the Scottish National Investment Bank is gathering to evaluate the progress of the Bank’s gender equality strategy.
To ask the Scottish Government how the process of developing a gender equality strategy has influenced and shaped the Scottish National Investment Bank’s lending and investment practices.
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy will assist in tackling any (a) gender barriers that women experience working in financial services, (b) under-capitalisation of women-owned businesses and (c) wider women’s socio-economic inequality in Scotland.