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: S6W-11665
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve outcomes for female clients of the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment scheme, in light of evidence that just 14% of female clients described their new role as higher skilled and higher responsibility than their previous role, compared to 27% of men.
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Question reference: S6W-11893
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it expects to publish the Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan.
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Question reference: S6T-00975
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that nursing staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital are routinely left in charge of up to 30 patients and are forced to conduct 5.00 am bed washes due to staff shortages.
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Question reference: S6W-11654
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how education on the Holocaust is delivered in secondary schools.
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Question reference: S6W-11655
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that all secondary school pupils are taught about the Holocaust.
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Question reference: S6W-11653
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of secondary school pupils have received education on the Holocaust during their time at school in the school year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-11664
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the accessibility of the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment webinars, in light of reports from the client experience survey that just one fifth of clients accessed the webinars.
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Question reference: S6W-11656
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider embedding Holocaust education in the Curriculum for Excellence in a similar way as LGBTQ+ education, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-11621
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allocate further funding for university students facing hardship in relation to the cost of living.
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Question reference: S6W-11686
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to address Scotland’s reported productivity lag, in light of the findings published in the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development report, The four-day week: Scottish employer perspectives on moving to a shorter working week, that 63% of Scottish employers surveyed indicated that they would need to boost productivity before considering the introduction of a four-day working week.