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 how many female apprentices completed an apprenticeship in each local authority area in 2018-19.
To ask the Scottish Government by what date NHS Health Scotland and NHS Education Scotland will publish the knowledge and skills framework and workforce development plan for mental health and suicide prevention.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its online suicide prevention online resource fulfils the commitment at Action 2 of its Suicide Prevention Action Plan that it would "fund the creation and implementation of refreshed mental health and suicide prevention training by May 2019".
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it counts school leavers entering the workplace on a zero-hours contract as a positive destination.
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has taken in response to the recommendations of the Education and Skills Committee in its report, Young People's Pathways: a progress report on Developing the Young Workforce.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer of question S5W-22712 by John Swinney on 1 May 2019, what analysis and research was undertaken to identify the figure of 350 mental health counsellors to be created in schools.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its publication, Regional Employment Patterns in Scotland: Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2018, what the unemployment rate has been in each of the last 10 years for 16- to 64-year-olds with (a) further and (b) higher education (SCQF level 7+) qualifications, excluding those classed as economically inactive.
To ask the Scottish Government what the Skills Development Scotland (a) budget and (b) spend has been in each of the last 10 financial years.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it records what sectors young people enter when going into employment or training.