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 its position is on whether it will meet its target of halving the disability employment gap by 2038.
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, in light of it including an additional half a billion containers within the scheme and additional 20,000 return points, how it was calculated that the costs to regulators will remain the same, and how this calculation has been validated.
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, for what reason it has included a 23% increase in benefits to operators of the scheme and an additional half a billion containers but not reflected this in the costs of the scheme; how the mix of material has been factored into its calculations, and what breakdown of materials it has factored into the additional half a billion containers.
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, which includes an additional half a billion containers within the scheme and additional 20,000 return points, which is a 118% increase on its initial estimate of the number of return points, for what reason there is no corresponding increase in costs to reflect this.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) secondary and (b) primary schools have WiFi available for use in every classroom, broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on each of the recommendations in the Royal College of Nursing report, The Nursing Workforce in Scotland, and how each of these will be taken forward.
To ask the Scottish Government how many intensive care unit (ICU) nurses were employed in Scotland on 1 April (a) 2020 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Scottish Government when the Food Security and Supply Taskforce will report on its work.
To ask the Scottish Government what the current arrangements are regarding continuing pay for NHS Scotland staff who are experiencing prolonged absence from work due to long COVID.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to determine how many universities in Scotland provide financial support to Confucius Institute branches.