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
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Question reference: S5W-32746
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 18 January 2017, Early years workforce expansion, how many of the proposed 435 equity and excellence leads for early learning and childcare settings in deprived communities are currently in place.
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Question reference: S5W-32856
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding in the recent PISA report, Are Students Ready to Thrive in an Interconnected World?, that students in Scotland are among the “smallest proportion” observed who speak several languages.
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Question reference: S5W-32855
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings in the recent PISA report, Are Students Ready to Thrive in an Interconnected World?, what action it is taking to increase students’ uptake of foreign languages, and whether it (a) previously had, (b) currently has or (c) plans to have a target for increasing the proportion of students at (i) National 5, (ii) Higher and (iii) Advanced Higher who study foreign languages.
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Question reference: S5W-32610
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 3 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) BSL and (b) other language interpreters operate in NHS psychology services.
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Question reference: S5W-32617
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been added to the shielding list due to respiratory conditions, broken down by condition.
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Question reference: S5W-32221
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 46% of childminding settings do not believe they will remain financially viable for more than six months without financial support or an increase in business.
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Question reference: S5W-32211
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the extent that entitling all children to funded early learning and childcare (ELC) in a deferred year will have on the roll-out of the full delivery of the statutory entitlement to 1,140 hours of funded ELC; whether it will provide a breakdown of the resources required to implement the former, and whether it will provide the resource implications as a percentage of the total required for the statutory entitlement to 1,140 hours of funded ELC.
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Question reference: S5W-32222
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that direct monthly operating costs for childminders have increased by 20% or more and, for 31% of childminders, by 30% or more as a result of the current COVID-19 operating guidance.
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Question reference: S5W-32212
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether its commitment to introduce legislation in the current parliamentary session to entitle all children access to funded early learning and childcare in a deferred year means that all parents will have this entitlement from (a) March 2021, (b) August 2021 or (c) another date before August 2021, or whether the legislation that it introduces (i) could or (ii) will set a date beyond August 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-32313
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) applications and (b) awards have been made each month under the Transitional Support Fund.