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 what steps it has taken to (a) implement the repeal of the sections of schedule 6, part 2 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 that sought to extend the deadlines for responding to FOI requests and reviews and (b) respond to FOI requests within 20 working days, and how many (i) FOI requests (A) were and (B) were not responded to within 20 working days during the period that these sections were in force, (ii) FOI requests it has not responded to within 20 working days in each of the last six months, (iii) requests for an FOI request internal review it is currently processing and (iv) FOI request appeals the Scottish Information Commissioner has received in the last six months as a result of a refusal or partial refusal by the Scottish Government to provide information to the public.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it currently being subject to enforcement action by the Scottish Information Commissioner, underpinned by an FOI improvement action plan, whether it will provide an update on which of the FOI targets and improvements in practice (a) are and (b) are not being met.
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it has made available to childminders to support them with adhering to the changes required by (a) it and (b) the Care Inspectorate in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Transitional Support Fund for childcare providers is not available to childminders.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of how many young BAME people were disadvantaged because of the approach taken by the SQA to the 2020 exams, and what action is being taken by (a) it and (b) the SQA to (i) rectify the position and (ii) prevent such disadvantage in the future.
To ask the Scottish Government what action the SQA is taking to prioritise the gathering and analysis of ethnicity data.
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support (a) it and (b) Creative Scotland has provided since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown to people who work as comedians.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the trade unions representing workers in the cultural sector are involved in decisions regarding the distribution of funding for that sector that has been allocated in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government which bodies have received financial support from Creative Scotland during the COVID-19 lockdown and, in light of reports that it is taking Creative Scotland the same length of time to process these grants as it did pre-pandemic, what action it can take to speed this up.
To ask the Scottish Government how Creative Scotland has supported the arts during the COVID-19 lockdown.