Theresa May was challenged at prime minister's questions just before Easter recess to explain alleged Tory links to firms at the centre of a dispute over the harvesting and use of personal data.

The SNP's Ian Blackford said SCL, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, has been run by a chairman of Oxford Conservative Association.

He also claimed its founding chairman was a former Tory MP and a director had donated over £700,000 to the party.

The PM said she was not aware of any current contracts with the firms.

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The prime minister's official spokesman later said that three government departments had had contracts with the SCL Group in the past.

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Ruth Davidson says no representative or consultant of her Scottish Conservatives has met with Cambridge Analytica.

A brouhaha emerges in the chamber, to which Ms Davidson says the question was good enough for the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford to ask at PMQs, so it's good enough for her to raise in FMQs.

Ms Sturgeon says a consultant working for the SNP did meet with Cambridge Analytica in 2016, but the SNP has never worked with them or paid money to them.

The first minister then lists what she says are links between the UK Conservative party and the UK government and Cambridge Analytica.

Cambridge Analytica pitched its services to the SNP in meetings in London and Edinburgh, a former director at the consultancy firm has claimed.

The company has come under scrutiny following controversy about its use of Facebook data and political tactics.

Former director Brittany Kaiser told MPs that Cambridge Analytica had tried to win work with the SNP.

The party said an external consultant had held one meeting with the firm, and had declared them "a bunch of cowboys".

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We'll now bring you extensive coverage of this week's first minister's questions.

SNP MSP Ash Denham asks the Scottish government what its response is to the recent publication of large companies' gender pay gaps, which show that there remains a large pay gap among many companies across the UK, including in Edinburgh.

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Labour MSP Monica Lennon asks how the government will protect respite services to allow carers to access a short break, as set out by the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.

Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell says local authorities are required to consider needs of carers, including if respite services should be offered.

Tory MSP Murdo Fraser asks the Scottish government what discussions it has had with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator regarding the use of public funds by NHS boards.

Ms Smith claims accountability structures are unclear and suggests IJBs may need to be overhauled.

The health secretary says IJB structures must be given time to bed in.

She suggests Ms Smith write to her with any details of specific concerns.

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In 2015 the way care is organised was radically changing across the whole of Scotland.

Large parts of health board and council budgets were merged in a bid to cut bed-blocking and aid the transition to nursing home care or home care.

People with long-term conditions, disabilities and the elderly were expected to see the greatest benefit.

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act was described as the most substantial reform to the NHS in a generation.

It forces councils and the NHS to work together to provide more streamlined services through integrated joint boards.

Tory MSP Liz Smith asks the Scottish government what its position is on the performance of integrated joint boards since their creation.

Health Secretary Shona Robison says progress is "continuing as planned", with the Aberdeen and Dundee centres to open in autumn.

Mr Macdonald seeks information on the leadership of NHS Tayside and NHS Grampian.

Ms Robison says Malcolm Wright will remain as a responsible officer within NHS Grampian while in post as interim chief executive of NHS Tayside.

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The new management team at NHS Tayside must "restore public confidence" in the health board, Shona Robison has said.

The Scottish health secretary was in Dundee to meet the board for the first time under its new leadership.

A new interim chairman and chief executivewere appointed after Ms Robison intervened to demand changes amid a series of financial problems.

She said she was confident the new bosses would "make a difference" and get the board "back on track".

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In January 2017 Nicola Sturgeon insisted the government was right to take its time developing a network of trauma centres.

The first minister came under fire from opposition leaders, who said centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow were meant to be operational in 2016.

Ms Sturgeon said the "scale and complexity" of the changes meant full implementation could take three years.

But she insisted Scotland's NHS was outperforming health boards in other parts of the UK.

The first minister had announce an extra £5m for the development of the trauma centres earlier in the week.

The network, which links centres around the country and the Scottish Ambulance Service in an integrated unit, was announced in 2014 and was supposed to open in 2016, but will not be fully implemented until at least 2020.

Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald asks whether plans for major trauma centres in Aberdeen and Dundee to commence in October 2018 have been affected by recent events at NHS Tayside.

Housing Minister Kevin Stewart says such data is published at local authority level and 190 sales have received support on the Stirling area.

Mr Crawford wonders about the age range for the scheme and the proportion of first time homeowners.

The minister says 76% of buyers are 35 and under, with 66% first time buyers.

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The Scottish government's Help to Buy scheme is to be extended for another two years from April 2019.

The scheme helps people to buy new-build homes without the need for large deposits.

A total of £100m will be invested over two years, helping up to 4,000 households to purchase a new home.

But Scottish Labour's housing spokeswoman Pauline McNeill called for an urgent review of the scheme to establish if it is "fit for purpose".

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SNP MSP Bruce Crawford asks the Scottish government how many people in the Stirling constituency have received support from the Help to Buy scheme.

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Team Scotland were given a heroes' welcome as they touched down on home soil after their most successful away games ever.

Scotland finished Gold Coast 2018 with a total of 44 medals - the nation's second highest tally in Commonwealth Games history.

The return flight from the Gold Coast carried the extra weight of nine gold medals, 13 silver and 22 bronze.

The athletes were piped out to meet the flag-waving crowds.