Section E – Written questions lodged on 11 May 2015
Questions marked with a triangle (Δ) are initiated by the Scottish Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.
Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an "R".
S4W-25467 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of Caledonian MacBrayne and whether the CalMac pension fund was discussed.
S4W-25468 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government whether its policy is to reform the CalMac pension fund before the start of the next Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract in October 2016.
S4W-25469 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that all bidders for the next Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract are bound to the same pension commitments in the invitation to tender document.
S4W-25470 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government when the next actuarial evaluation of the CalMac pension fund will take place.
S4W-25471 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of occasions on which a public sector contract has been tendered while the workforce was being consulted by the existing contractor regarding reforms to their pension scheme.
S4W-25472 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Caledonian MacBrayne regarding its proposals for reform of the CalMac pension fund, and whether it will publish the proposals.
S4W-25473 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that Caledonian MacBrayne’s planned consultation with its employees on the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) regarding reform of the CalMac pension fund does not harm its bid for the next CHFS contract.
S4W-25474 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government whether the result of Caledonian MacBrayne’s planned consultation with employees on the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) regarding reform of the CalMac pension fund will be included in the specifications of the invitation to tender for the next CHFS contract.
S4W-25475 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what its contribution to the CalMac pension fund has been in each year since 2007.
S4W-25476 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what the deficit was at the last valuation of the CalMac pension fund in 2012.
S4W-25477 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will delay issuing the invitation to tender for the next Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract until the result of CalMac’s consultation with its employees regarding changes to their pension rights.
S4W-25478 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the NHS Grampian area who accepted invitations to participate in the bowel scope screening study are waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy.
S4W-25479 Christina McKelvie: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve (a) health and care services and (b) other areas of support for people with neurological conditions.
S4W-25480 Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been since June 2014 for people in the NHS Grampian area who have accepted invitations to participate in the bowel scope screening study to be given a flexible sigmoidoscopy.
S4W-25481 Cameron Buchanan: To ask the Scottish Government what its short and long-term response is to the recent reported steep rise in housebreakings in Edinburgh.
S4W-25482 Cameron Buchanan: To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the Scottish Qualifications Authority is restricting competition by not publicising other awarding bodies.
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