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-23879
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has approached any universities to lead the Centre of Teaching Excellence.
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Question reference: S6W-24246
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it expects to publish the minutes of the meeting of the Scottish Advisory Group on Relationships and Behaviour in Schools that took place on 12 December 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-23756
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 11 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made regarding any potential impact of a reduction in university applications from international students on the long-term sustainability of higher education institutions in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-23989
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the potential impact of reallocating funding from the regional improvement collaboratives on the newly-appointed speech and language leads in carrying out their objectives.
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Question reference: S6W-23874
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has evaluated whether the £15 million that it has ring-fenced each year for additional support assistants is sufficient to achieve its outcomes; whether it plans to uprate this amount in line with inflation each year, and whether it has assessed whether this figure will need to increase in future years.
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Question reference: S6W-23507
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that the Interim Chief Inspector of Education will publish updated guidance on the evidence that should be gathered as part of school inspections.
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Question reference: S6W-24235
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it next plans to review its guidance on school exclusions.
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Question reference: S6W-24234
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last evaluated the Included, Engaged and Involved Part 2: A Positive Approach to Preventing and Managing School Exclusions guidance, and what its conclusions were.
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Question reference: S6W-24236
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last consulted with local authorities on the effectiveness of the Included, Engaged and Involved Part 2: A Positive Approach to Preventing and Managing School Exclusions guidance.
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Question reference: S6W-23873
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement on literacy and numeracy on 12 December 2023, what assessment it has made of the impact of the £830 million that it set aside for additional learning support assistants in 2021-22.