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: S4W-17308
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of college lecturers has a teaching qualification, broken down by institution.
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Question reference: S4W-17307
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) Students Awards Agency for Scotland-funded and (b) self-funded students have undertaken a Teaching Qualification in Further Education (TQFE) in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-17310
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of higher education it expects to be delivered in colleges by 2020.
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Question reference: S4W-17252
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 1 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether additional resource will be required or allocated to support its plans for a nationally coordinated programme to partner schools.
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Question reference: S4W-17250
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 1 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding its plans for a nationally coordinated programme to partner schools.
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Question reference: S4W-17258
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 1 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to launch its new college for educational leadership; how much resource has been allocated to the work, and when it will open.
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Question reference: S4W-17251
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 1 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide details of its plans for a nationally coordinated programme to partner schools and who will decide which schools are partnered.
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Question reference: S4O-02451
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the replacement for the Glow network will be operational by December 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-17045
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 24 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the meetings that the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has had with local authority (a) education conveners and (b) directors of education since January 2013.
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Question reference: S4T-00457
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the shortage of supply teachers.
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