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: S6W-21699
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its officials and other advisers are currently working on the proposed Abortion Services Safe Access Zones (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-21705
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on food being restricted for secondary school pupils who have no money on their ParentPay account, including them only being allowed a plated hot meal, rather than a selection available to other pupils, and being prevented from having any food or snacks at morning break.
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Question reference: S6W-21703
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions Pupil Equity Funding has been used to clear school meal debt in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21704
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last investigated the levels of so-called hidden hunger in secondary schools, and what the findings were.
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Question reference: S6W-21700
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions school hardship funds have been used to clear school meal debt in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21701
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions school hardship funds have been used to support discretionary meal provision in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21702
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions Pupil Equity Funding has been used to support discretionary meal provision in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21602
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider extending payments of Scottish Social Services Council fees to all workers in the care sector.
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Question reference: S6W-21657
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported concerns raised about the closures and potential closures of community swimming and leisure facilities, and in the context of the reported financial pressures on local authorities, as well as the delivery of Barnett consequential funding as a result of the UK Government's allocation of £63 million to leisure centres with swimming pools in England, what immediate strategies it is exploring to ensure the sustainability of such facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-21656
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a high drowning rate of 58 accidental water-related fatalities in Scotland in 2021 and the view of swimming as an essential basic skill, what measures it is taking to ensure that swimming remains (a) accessible and (b) available to children across different communities.