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: S5W-07844
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of school leavers in each year since 2011-12 went on to (a) further education, (b) higher education, (c) employment, (d) training, (e) voluntary work, (f) an activity agreement, (g) unemployment and (i) seeking and (ii) not seeking work and (h) another or unknown status, broken down by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile.
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Question reference: S5F-01060
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2017
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will ensure that changes to unit assessments will not increase teacher workload, in light of reports that 63% of teachers believe that they will.
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Question reference: S5W-07312
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 13 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the increased childcare funding necessary to provide all three- and four-year-olds with 1,140 funded hours per year it expects to recoup through increased income tax receipts as a result of parents being able to work more.
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Question reference: S5W-07528
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 9 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which of the consultations it launched in each year since 2007 took it (a) under six months, (b) six months to one year, (c) one to two years and (d) over two years to respond to.
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Question reference: S5W-07529
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 9 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which of the consultations it launched in each year since 2007 it has yet to respond to, broken down by the (a) month the consultation closed, (b) date it expects to publish its response and (c) the reason for the delay.
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Question reference: S5W-06718
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many data security incidents were reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) regarding Scottish public bodies in each quarter of the last 10 years, broken down by sector.
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Question reference: S5W-07503
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 7 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is conducting regarding Scotland potentially joining the European Free Trade Association.
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Question reference: S5W-07306
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04227 by Mark McDonald on 11 November 2016, whether it will provide an update on the information it has gathered on available capacity within the early learning and childcare sector, including the total hourly (a) term-time, (b) holiday day-time and (c) yearly capacity of the early learning and childcare sector.
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Question reference: S5W-06873
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06392 by Mark McDonald on 1 February 2017, how many (a) graduates and (b) teachers it expects to complete courses in 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-06826
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeships have been started in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) framework, (ii) local authority and apprentice (A) gender and (B) ethnicity.
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