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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-20435

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the statement in the Holyrood Magazine of 19 March 2014 that "hundreds more parents, concerned about the troubled implementation of new qualifications in Scotland, have turned to private tuition for their children at a cost of thousands of pounds per child".

Question reference: S4W-20430

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the (a) prevalence and (b) uptake of private tutors.

Question reference: S4W-20434

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the reasons are for the reported rapid increase in the use of private tutors for schoolchildren.

Question reference: S4W-20431

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it, or any of its agencies, encourages the use of private tutors in the school education system.

Question reference: S4W-20433

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the use of private tutors reinforces educational inequalities.

Question reference: S4W-20429

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of private tutors and what was discussed.

Question reference: S4W-20432

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with representatives of (a) Kip McGrath, (b) Explore Learning, (c) Home Tuition Scotland, (d) Super Tutors Scotland and (e) First Tutors since May 2011, and what was discussed on each occasion.

Question reference: S4W-20193

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18330 by Michael Russell on 28 November 2013, as the budget assumed that the student population would be maintained at current levels, how much the Scottish Funding Council's subsequent announcement on 24 January 2014 that there will be 3,300 more places in 2014-15 will cost the Student Awards Agency For Scotland in the payment of additional (a) student support and (b) tuition fees.

It is difficult to provide information on exact costs associated with providing up to 3,300 Scottish domiciled and EU students with support and free tuition in 2014-15.

This is due to the variety in individual household financial circumstances; eligibility for different parts of the student support package; and levels of study taken up. Funding of support and free tuition for all 3300 places will be accommodated within the limits published in the budget for 2014-15.

Question reference: S4W-20238

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers can access correspondence from MSPs to heads of NDPBs and arms-length organisations.

Question reference: S4W-20239

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that correspondence between heads of NDPBs and arms-length organisations and MSPs should be treated in confidence.