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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: S6O-00725

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to raise awareness of the potential risks to the health and wellbeing of children posed by button batteries.

Question reference: S6O-00501

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to people in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency who are in fuel poverty.

Question reference: S6O-00414

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it has taken to assess the effectiveness and utility of the new Scottish Parliament website.

Question reference: S6O-00394

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding reports of labour and skills shortages in the food and drink industry and supply chain.

Question reference: S6O-00170

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place for people to question their COVID-19 vaccine certification status if they believe their records are incorrect.

Question reference: S6W-02627

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when the Registrar General for Scotland will publish the annual report for 2020.

Question reference: S6O-00090

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to implement the recommendations in Scotland’s Drowning Prevention Strategy.

Question reference: S5W-36044

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the third annual report of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Training Strategy for Scotland.

The third annual report of the STEM Education and Training Strategy will be published on the Scottish Government website later today ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/stem-strategy-for-education-and-training-third-annual-report/ )

The report shows that, despite current restrictions to contain COVID-19, the Strategy has continued to deliver high quality support for STEM education and training. Programmes of e-learning are being successfully delivered, STEM apprenticeships numbers have increased and the Logan Review of computing education has highlighted how fundamental computing skills are to the future lives of our young people.

Question reference: S5W-36042

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its joint plan with COSLA in response to COVID-19 for people with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism.

Our joint plan with COSLA called the “Towards Transformation” Plan for Autism and Learning Disabilities was agreed at the COSLA Health and Social Care Board on 19 March. The plan will be published on 24 March and will be available on the Scottish Government website. The plan has been produced with people with lived experience. It has at its core, the promotion and protection of the human rights of autistic people and those with learning disabilities.

A copy of the full plan is available at: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781800048867

An easy read translation is also available at: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781800048768

Question reference: S5W-36041

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Maree Todd on 23 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the promise since the publication of the outcome of the independent care review in February 2020.

The Scottish Government remains fully committed to turning the vision of the Independent Care Review into reality. During this past year the Scottish Government has worked to ensure that the principles of the Promise have been and continue to be reflected in our response to the pandemic.

The independent Oversight Board, chaired by Fiona Duncan, and with half of its members being people with care experience, have now met twice. We welcome the independent scrutiny that they bring in holding Scotland to account to #keepthepromise.

We all knew that keeping The Promise would require doing things differently. I am therefore delighted to announce that ‘The Promise Scotland’ will later today be established as a non-statutory company with Fiona Duncan as ex-officio Chair. The Promise Scotland, independent from Scottish Government, will help drive forward the change needed for Scotland to keep “The Promise”. Following engagement with over 100 organisations, including The Scottish Government, they will soon publish a plan for the next three years. We recognise the pivotal role that the Scottish Government will play in responding to this. I can confirm that the Scottish Government will underpin the work that needs to be done to make the real transformation to developing policy and focus on what matters, the people, the children and families most in need of support.