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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it issues guidance to education authorities regarding using data gathered from local recording and monitoring of prejudice-based bullying to inform policy development and practice.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that prejudice-based bullying is recorded and monitored by education authorities.
To ask the Scottish Government what consultation was carried out during the development phase of Respect for All: The National Approach to Anti-bullying for Scotland’s Children and Young People.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that education authorities meet their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to work to (a) eliminate discrimination, harassment, and victimisation, (b) advance equality of opportunity and (c) foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not, in relation to bullying.
To ask the Scottish Government whether instances of (a) racial and (b) sexualised racial assault in schools are recorded centrally.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to incorporate a legal definition of prejudiced-based bullying in Scots law and, if so, how this is being progressed.
To ask the Scottish Government what responsibility education authorities have in training (a) teachers and (b) education administrators regarding (i) prejudiced-based bullying, (ii) sexualised racial assault and (iii) potential hate crimes.
To ask the Scottish Government how it defines prejudice-based bullying in its work to tackle bullying in schools.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group regarding Cold Weather Payments.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential economic impact on East Kilbride, what its response is to reports that HMRC has leased premises in Glasgow to progress the closure plans for Centre 1.