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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6O-02836
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support the arts and culture sector in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6F-02596
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2023
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that some young people are leaving school struggling to read.
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Question reference: S6O-02772
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Low Emission Zones do not have any negative impact on disabled people and carers.
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Question reference: S6W-22508
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18182 by Jenny Gilruth on 9 June 2023, when it expects that the evaluation of Education Scotland's Maths Recovery Pilot will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-22352
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of pupils currently reach the expected standard in maths in (a) P1 and (b) P7.
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Question reference: S6O-02682
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much grant funding it provides directly to each of Scotland’s botanic gardens annually.
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Question reference: S6W-21814
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the attainment gap for Higher A grades reportedly reaching its highest level since 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-21809
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported claims that it has not done enough to assess and understand any impacts of COVID-19 disruption on learners, in relation to the 2023 exam results.
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Question reference: S6W-21897
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 27 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to extending the initial "test and learn" scheme of the Scottish Education Exchange Programme to youth work providers, and what its rationale was for not doing so.
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Question reference: S6W-21771
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been, in each of the last five years, of plans relating to individual disabled children and young people's transitions to adulthood, as per its best practice guidance.
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