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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: S4W-21894

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether parents can apply directly to the Access to Education Fund for help with funding for school uniforms and other school expenses.

Question reference: S4W-21893

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how schools can apply to the Access to Education Fund and what the eligibility criteria are.

Question reference: S4W-21896

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further detail on how schools will access the Access to Education Fund and how it will allocate money to schools.

Question reference: S4W-21897

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to advertise the Access to Education Fund to schools, and whether information will be disseminated to families via schools.

Question reference: S4W-21900

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a standard application form for the Access to Education Fund and, if so, how many (a) pages and (b) questions it has.

Question reference: S4W-21898

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Access to Education Fund will fund (a) specific trips and programmes for groups of pupils or (b) individual students to participate in trips and programmes.

Question reference: S4W-21899

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will decide how much to award schools from the Access to Education Fund and what it expects the (a) uptake and (b) average award to be.

Question reference: S4W-21902

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how long it expects it will take to (a) process and (b) administer applications to the Access to Education Fund.

Question reference: S4W-21895

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to fund (a) parental engagement programmes or (b) participation in existing programmes via the Access to Education Fund and whether programmes must be approved for support related to them and, if so, what the criteria are.

Question reference: S4W-21901

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 July 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether teachers are expected to complete application forms for the Access to Education Fund on behalf of children and families in need of support and, if so, how they will identify such children and families.