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        for parliamentarians

                      Paul Cannon
       Information Assistant, SPICe
                      11 June 2009
Principles of the Scottish Parliament
Key corporate principles:
? Power sharing between the people, parliament
  and the executive
? Accountable to the people of Scotland
? Accessible, open, responsive and participative
? Promote equal opportunities
Enquiry team

?   Confidential enquiry service
?   Parliamentary and MSP information
?   FOI and Data protection
?   Enquiries database
Information Management team

?   Modern information management
?   Collection, inc. Dewar collection
?   Document supply
?   Records management
?   Indexing and cataloguing
?   Book leasing
E-services team

?   Manage and edit intranet/website
?   Electronic resources
?   Training and guidance
?   Current awareness services
?   Web development project and
    innovation
Research team

? Varied backgrounds
? Subject skills
  ? Economy, Finance Local Government
  ? Health and Social Affairs
  ? Justice
  ? Parliament, Europe and Constitution
  ? Planning, Rural Affairs, Environment
    and Transport
Individual inquiries
                               Logged enquiries

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Who asks?

   11,500 enquiries to SPICe 2006-07

   Other
   Public/                 MSP
                           13%
    12%




                                        Holyrood
Staff                                   MSP Staff
 SP                                       29%
36%



                         Local office
                          MSP Staff
                            10%
How do they ask?

        Letter
         0%

                     Personal
                       28%


Email
43%




                 Telephone
                    29%
How do MSPs ask?

          Letter
           0%


Email               Personal
 39%                  41%




        Telephone
           20%
How do local office staff ask?

           Letter   Personal
            0%         6%




   Email
    49%                        Telephone
                                  45%
Challenges

? Unreasonable expectations
? Turnover in MSP staff
? Training and inductions
? Information currency
? Limited awareness of services
  and products
? Not proactive enough
? Technology
? Consistent responses
Trying to improve

? Customer focus, simplified
  message
? Marketing
? Open evening
? Members¡¯ needs
? Local office needs
? Training
? New and improved online
  services
Fact sheets and Research Briefings




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/index.htm
Research Briefings




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/date/index.htm
Bill Tracker




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/billsInProgress/currentbillstracker.htm
Committee Business Tracker




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/committeetracker.htm
Enquiries and Research Briefings
            Database
Enquiries and Research Briefings
            Database
Material for Debates
SPICe Insight
SPICe Insight
SPICe Insight
SPICe Insight
Podcasts




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/Podcasts/index.htm
Text service




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/publicInfo/textservice.htm
Constituency Maps and
                   Postcode Finder




http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/MSPAddressPostcodeFinder.htm
www.scottish.parliament.uk
spice@scottish.parliament.uk
0131 348 5300

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