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-24967
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its position on whether sanctions should only be imposed on local authorities that do not protect teacher numbers in the event that the national average drops, as opposed to for individual reductions within local authority areas.
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Question reference: S6W-25054
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what led to its decision to increase the number of spaces available on the dyslexia and inclusive practice programme.
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Question reference: S6W-24972
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholders it (a) engaged with and (b) informed of its announcement, on Curriculum for Excellence improvement cycles, in advance of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills' statement on 12 December 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-24951
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of reported claims that there is inequality in the support offered by Education Scotland on the curriculum.
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Question reference: S6W-25070
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a quality indicator for staff health and wellbeing in the updated school inspections guidance.
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Question reference: S6W-25246
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of any reasons for the reported decline in applications for teaching bursaries.
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Question reference: S6W-24969
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills plans to meet the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) director of education and skills.
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Question reference: S6W-25149
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to prepare schools and infrastructure for the expansion of free school meals.
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Question reference: S6W-24974
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the timeline is for the review of the maths curriculum.
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Question reference: S6W-24947
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholders it engaged with regarding Education Scotland's Inclusion, Wellbeing and Equalities Professional Learning framework.
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