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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-31226

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that pupils from lower-income families can take part in school trips, including curriculum-related trips and activities, and P6 and P7 residentials.

Question reference: S6W-31231

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many student educational psychologists have joined the workforce in each year since 2018.

Question reference: S6W-31218

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the issue highlighted in the SQA Higher History Review 2024 that "recruitment and retention of sufficient markers has become increasingly challenging over recent years".

Question reference: S6W-31229

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the literature review that it committed to carry out to ascertain the current knowledge on masking for children and young people with additional support needs (ASN).

Question reference: S6W-31219

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the reported issue that e-cigarette or vaping device use was most prevalent among those aged 16 to 24 (22%), an increase of seven percentage points since 2022.

Question reference: S6W-31259

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers are currently on zero-hours contracts.

Question reference: S6W-30980

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Education (Scotland) Bill, what its position is on how the new Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework will sit with the work of the proposed inspectorate.

As set out in the Scottish Government’s response to Professor Muir’s report, the move of the inspection function to the new Chief Inspector will work alongside existing ministerial commitments to the Scottish Funding Council’s (SFC) Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF), which is being implemented from Academic Year 2024-25.

The TQEF has been co-designed, developed and implemented by the SFC in partnership with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Education Scotland and other stakeholders.

In order to fulfil its existing statutory responsibilities for quality assurance and enhancement of colleges and universities, the SFC commissions the QAA and Education Scotland to support this work on its behalf.

Under the Education (Scotland) Bill, the Chief Inspector will have the power to enter into an arrangement with the SFC in order to support the latter’s statutory functions.

Question reference: S6W-31041

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government which members of the Cabinet have visited a college in the last year.

The following members of the Cabinet have visited a college in the last year:

John Swinney MSP, First Minister
Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic
Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government
Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Jenny Gilruth MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
Gillian Martin MSP, Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport
Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs

Question reference: S6W-30979

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Education (Scotland) Bill and proposed inspectorate, what its position is on whether colleges are a "relevant educational establishment" or an "excepted establishment".

Excepted establishments are a subset of relevant education establishments. Both terms are defined in Section 31 of the Education (Scotland) Bill. Only some of the Chief Inspector’s powers apply to excepted establishments.

Colleges are an excepted establishment. This means that the Chief Inspector will have the power to inspect colleges that provide fundable Further Education, but only at the request of Scottish Ministers under section 30(2)(c), or by voluntary arrangement (section 32 of the Bill). This will enable the current arrangement with the Scottish Funding Council to continue.

Question reference: S6W-31161

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it received the report on the review of Higher History from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).