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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: S6W-14547

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have expressed interest in the Community Bus Fund.

Question reference: S6W-14214

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation breakdown is of those who are eligible for, but do not currently have (a) a young persons and (b) an older persons bus pass.

From data provided in the 2019 Scottish Household Survey, the percentage of people aged 60+ without a concessionary bus pass (National Entitlement Card (NEC)), broken down by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles, was as follows:

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles	% with no NEC (aged 60+)
1 - Most Deprived	11
2	11
3	14
4	11
5 - Least Deprived	9

There is no breakdown for the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme per SIMD quintile, as the scheme launched in January 2022.

Question reference: S6W-14545

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with local authorities on the Community Bus Fund.

Question reference: S6W-14546

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Community Bus Fund will launch.

Question reference: S6O-01913

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of January's Prostate Cancer UK data on regional inequalities in prostate cancer diagnoses.

Question reference: S6T-01171

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that M&Co will close all of its 170 stores, resulting in almost 2,000 job losses.

Question reference: S6W-14280

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans to alter or replace the Franchising Policy Statement, which was published by Transport Scotland in March 2021.

The current UK railway legislation, which the Scottish Ministers have no power to change, requires that the Scottish Ministers produce a Franchising Policy Statement. Delays to the reform of the UK railway legislation continue to cause uncertainty on the way in which the provision of passenger rail services will be arranged in the future.

At this time, the Scottish Ministers do not plan to amend or replace the current Franchising Policy Statement, which was published by Transport Scotland in March 2021.

Question reference: S6O-01881

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has had from COSLA regarding the local government financial settlement.

Question reference: S6W-14046

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13027 by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2022, whether it will confirm which organisation failed the technical check process, and what the technical check was that it failed.

Question reference: S6W-13802

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans regarding proposed amendments to ticket office opening hours at many railway stations, in light of Transport Focus's consultation on those proposals, which reportedly found opposition to them.