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-28449
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether 7.5 hours per week, out of the required 35 hours, is sufficient time for teachers to carry out their preparation and correction duties.
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Question reference: S6W-28453
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is planning to take to streamline the lesson planning process for teachers.
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Question reference: S6W-28446
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to the 35-hour working week for teachers.
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Question reference: S6W-28454
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with teaching organisations to ensure that teachers are not required to work beyond their contracted hours at the weekend.
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Question reference: S6W-27958
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the conclusions of the UK Parliament Education Committee regarding a consultation on a total ban on smartphones for under-16s and a statutory ban on mobile phone use in schools, what its position is on the committee's conclusions and any relevance that these may have in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03603
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to tackle long ambulance turnaround times.
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Question reference: S6W-27686
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the average reduction in journey times has been on each of the national train routes across Scotland in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-27642
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on the (a) uptake and (b) outcomes of support from the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme in each year of its operation.
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Question reference: S6W-27679
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much public funding it has provided to ScotRail in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-27754
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many adverse incidents have occurred at, or within a half mile radius of, the Toll of Birness in each year since 2010, including the period from January to end of May 2024.