Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs 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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-34993
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S5W-33857, which received a holding response on 21 December 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-33857
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with respiratory disease there are in each of the COVID-19 priority categories set out by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
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Question reference: S5W-35228
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the prevalence of academic fraud through the use of so-called essay mills, and what legislation is in place or planned to address the issue.
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Question reference: S5W-35461
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33517 by John Swinney on 10 December 2020, whether it will provide an updated response.
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Question reference: S5W-35229
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government. further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 13 January 2020 (Official Report, c. 17), whether it will provide a breakdown of the allocation of the 70,000 devices for learners by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-35197
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many probationary teachers in each year since 2007 did not find a permanent teaching post after their first year of employment.
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Question reference: S5W-35237
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has published regarding how dyslexia assessments should be managed while pupils are not in school.
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Question reference: S5W-35193
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current requirement for teachers in both primary and secondary sectors.
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Question reference: S5W-35195
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Teacher Education Institutes and the General Teaching Council for Scotland about the number of students required on teacher training programmes for the year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S5W-34198
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to offering the COVID-19 vaccine to unpaid carers within the same timescale as that for care home and home care workers.
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