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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to permitting faith groups to sing indoors while wearing face coverings, particularly those based in areas living under level 1 of the COVID-19 restrictions.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26737 by John Swinney on 10 January 2020, whether it will provide an update on the review of the home education guidance.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment by Children in Scotland that "given the health benefits associated with school milk, we view this as an example of where the Scottish Government should commit to continued financial support after the [EU] transition period ends"; whether it plans to match the EU subsidy and, if so, what the annual cost of this would be.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects to receive in Barnett consequentials arising from the plan by the UK Government to match the EU milk subsidy for school pupils in England in 2020-21, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this plan.
To ask the Scottish Government how many contracts to enable cashless payments in schools (a) have been and (b) will be procured.
To ask the Scottish Government what work is being done to enable cashless payments in schools; which local authorities are involved with this, and what the timetable is.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it met its commitment for every secondary school to have counselling services by the end of October 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government which third sector organisations it has worked with to understand the symptoms and risks associated with so-called long COVID.
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.
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.