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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-02335

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates the difference is between the wholesale value of and taxation generated from remaining North Sea oil and gas resources.

Question reference: S4W-15411

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that it collects accurate information on members of children's panels in relation to police checks and protection of vulnerable groups legislation, and whether this information will be transferred to Children’s Hearings Scotland in time for it becoming operational in June 2013.

All appointments and reappointments to Children’s Panels are conditional on the completion of statutory background checks by Disclosure Scotland. Information about these checks is gathered and processed at local level and is then recorded on the central database held by the Scottish Government.

A planned quality assurance review has been conducted on the accuracy of central records and will conclude before implementation on 24 June 2013.

Responsibility for the central database, and associated information supporting the effective administration of the children’s panel, will transfer to Children’s Hearings Scotland in time for 24 June.

Question reference: S4W-15414

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that no children’s panel members will be suspended due to information regarding them in relation to police checks and protection of vulnerable groups legislation not being transferred to Children's Hearings Scotland.

Relevant Disclosure Scotland information on panel members, and prospective panel members, is communicated by local authority Clerks to the Scottish Government and recorded on individual records on the central database. Responsibility for this database will transfer to Children’s Hearings Scotland in time for 24 June 2013.

No panel member will be suspended because information has not been transferred to Children’s Hearings Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-15413

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that no children’s panel hearings will be delayed or cancelled due to any problems that might arise with the transfer of information from it to Children’s Hearings Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-15410

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that there will be no delay or disruption to children’s panels following the transfer of responsibility for the recruitment, training and support of children’s panel members to Children’s Hearings Scotland.

Scottish Government officials have worked closely with the National Convener and Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) staff over the past two years to ensure that appropriate arrangements are in place for the recruitment of panel members and the provision of their training and support once the National Convener takes on her full responsibilities on 24 June 2013.

As a result, there should be no delay or disruption to children’s panels following the transfer of responsibility for their administration.

Question reference: S4W-15409

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that the transfer of responsibility for children’s panel members to Children’s Hearings Scotland is on schedule, and what the reasons are for any delays.

Reporting monthly to the implementation Programme Board across all key workstreams, Scottish Government officials have worked closely with Children’s Hearings Scotland staff over the past two years to ensure readiness for the transfer of responsibilities on 24 June 2013.

Appropriate arrangements are in place for the National Convener to take on her full statutory responsibilities from the implementation date.

Implementation is on schedule for 24 June, and we do not expect any delays to impact on the timely delivery of the modernised system.

Question reference: S4W-15228

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 10 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-14730 by Aileen Campbell on 21 May 2013, which applicants to the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund have neither received an award nor been selected as strategic partners.

In line with the approach the Scottish Government has taken with other funds, we do not intend to release details of organisations who were unsuccessful in their application to the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund and who are not in a Strategic Funding Partnership. Releasing this information could cause reputational damage which could discourage the organisations named, or other similar organisations, from applying for funding in future. This would constitute substantial prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs.

Question reference: S4W-14730

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-14177 to S4W-14184 by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013, whether it will publish the list of applicants to the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund (TSEIF), broken down by those (a) receiving funding under the TSEIF, (b) whose application was unsuccessful but who have been selected as strategic partners and (c) who are not receiving funding and have not been selected as strategic partners.

<>Details of organisations receiving funding through TSEIF have been published on the Big in Scotland website. This information can be found at: .

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On 21 May 2013 I announced details of the Third Sector Strategic Funding Partnerships. These details have been published on the Scottish Government website and can be found at: .

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We have no plans to publish a list of organisations who were unsuccessful in their application to TSEIF and who are not in a strategic funding partnership.

Question reference: S4W-14731

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-14177 to S4W-14184 by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2013, how much funding each organisation is to receive via strategic funding partnerships.

Question reference: S4O-02163

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what level it plans to reduce corporation tax to in the event of Scotland becoming independent.