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: S6W-21417
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to expanding counselling services for school pupils to those under 10 years old.
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Question reference: S6W-21376
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has offered to local authorities to expand children's access to outdoor play and learning within the childcare sector.
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Question reference: S6W-21380
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the difference in the Preference Waiver Payment between primary and secondary probationer teachers, and whether it plans to revisit this.
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Question reference: S6W-21378
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Family Learning Scotland Programme; if so, what it has learned from any such evaluation, and what actions it has taken as a result.
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Question reference: S6W-21372
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of its National e-Learning Offer, and, if so, what its conclusions were.
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Question reference: S6W-21377
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with local authorities, since 2021, regarding promotion and support to improve uptake of its early learning and childcare offer to eligible children, and what steps have been taken by (a) it and (b) individual local authorities to target support.
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Question reference: S6W-21368
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any consideration it has given to changes to college funding arrangements.
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Question reference: S6W-21365
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the assessment in Audit Scotland's report, Scotland's colleges 2023, that risks to the college sector's financial sustainability have increased since its 2022 report, in which it stated that the Scottish Government should support colleges to plan for change.
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Question reference: S6W-21369
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with the Scottish Funding Council to support colleges in planning for change and how to make best use of their funding.
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Question reference: S6W-21364
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Audit Scotland's report, Scotland's colleges 2023.
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