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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 ��˿�� 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: S4O-02828

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to East Ayrshire Council to enhance learning and teaching.

Question reference: S4O-02741

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages public bodies to use social media as a means of communicating with the public.

Question reference: S4O-02701

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it provides to people with myasthenia gravis.

Question reference: S4O-02682

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated an independent Scotland's share of the UK national debt.

Question reference: S4O-02525

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met East Ayrshire Council and what matters were discussed.

Question reference: S4O-02462

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve rail services to Edinburgh from areas to the west and south-west of Glasgow.

Question reference: S4O-02369

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the safety of young people from so-called date rape drugs.

Question reference: S4O-02339

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the performance of the construction sector over the last 12 months.

The Scottish Government is working hard to support the construction sector by continuing to invest in Scotland’s infrastructure, our schools, roads and hospitals. Investment between 2012-13 and 2014-15 will total more than £10 billion. We are also continuing to engage with the sector to ensure we understand the issues they face, with a further construction summit planned to take place in Glasgow on 25 September 2013.

The Scottish Government’s quarterly Scottish GDP Index, shows that the construction sector in Scotland contracted by 2.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2013. On an annual basis, comparing the latest quarter with the same quarter of the previous year (2012 Quarter 1), the sector contracted by 6.3 per cent. However, the Scottish Construction Monitor reports a slight rise in confidence in 2013 Quarter 1, compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Question reference: S4O-02278

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the European Commission and what matters will be discussed.

Question reference: S4O-02251

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the level of take-up is for the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme.