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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

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Question reference: S6W-28253

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to meet the strategic objectives outlined in the 2015 publication, Protecting Public Resources in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-28251

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for redress received by Redress Scotland since its inception have not been approved.

Question reference: S6W-28242

Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to involve and consult with disability advocacy groups, including those representing people with sight loss, in the development and implementation of any e-scooter legislation and trials.

Question reference: S6W-28250

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for redress received by Redress Scotland since its inception have been approved.

Question reference: S6W-28255

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on student finance for nursing and midwifery students, in light of reported concerns by both the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwifery in Scotland regarding the viability of these courses.

Question reference: S6W-28097

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what training packages are in place for judicial office holders in relation to environmental (a) legislation and (b) crime.

The Scottish Government is not involved in the training of judicial office holders. Part 2 of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 sets out that the Lord President is responsible for making and maintaining appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of judicial office holders. This ensures that training is free from political interference and is essential to preserve the independence of the legal system. The Lord President delegates responsibility for the delivery of judicial training to the Judicial Institute of Scotland. Any queries on judicial training should therefore be directed to [email protected] .

Question reference: S6W-27893

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government on how many days court business has included time dedicated to hearing fatal accident inquiries in each court in Scotland in each of the last five years.

	Financial year
Court	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Aberdeen	4	22	41	4	0
Airdrie	0	0	0	0	0
Alloa	2	2	8	6	10
Ayr	4	13	14	4	0
Banff	0	9	6	2	0
Campbeltown	0	0	0	0	2
Dumbarton	0	5	2	3	0
Dumfries	2	8	3	7	18
Dundee	21	21	10	0	6
Dunfermline	4	12	12	7	2
Dunoon	0	3	8	2	0
Edinburgh	20	15	10	5	7
Elgin	0	5	0	5	7
Falkirk	13	4	0	12	60
Forfar	0	0	2	17	0
Fort William	0	0	0	0	0
Glasgow	54	20	25	57	56
Greenock	0	18	6	4	8
Hamilton	12	19	49	35	21
Inverness	20	14	3	9	14
Jedburgh	0	2	2	0	2
Kilmarnock	1	10	5	10	4
Kirkcaldy	0	0	0	9	4
Kirkwall	13	11	2	7	0
Lanark	6	4	0	2	6
Lerwick	2	0	0	0	2
Lochmaddy	1	4	3	0	0
Livingston	7	10	12	14	10
Oban	3	11	14	0	13
Paisley	2	0	17	27	0
Perth	30	39	16	17	14
Peterhead	9	10	4	9	1
Portree	0	0	0	0	0
Selkirk	0	0	0	0	0
Stirling	11	4	5	7	17
Stornoway	0	0	5	5	0
Stranraer	0	0	0	0	0
Tain	0	1	0	2	23
Wick	0	0	0	6	0
National	241	296	284	294	307

Question reference: S6W-28060

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Sanjeev Gupta, and whether it will publish the minutes of any recent meetings that it has had.

Question reference: S6W-28172

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve access to specialist teenage and young adult (TYA) clinical psychology services, as set out in the cancer strategy for children and young people.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving support services for children and young people with cancer. Last year we provided recurring funding for the existing dedicated psychologists for children and young people with cancer.

A review of further psychological support services in Scotland is currently being carried out by the Managed Service Network for Children and Young People with Cancer and the Scottish Government remains engaged with this.

Question reference: S6W-28104

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the current national school clothing grant level is for eligible (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils; when the most recent increase to the grants took place, and when the next increase to the grants is due to take place.

The national minimum school clothing grant is £120 per annum for primary pupils, and £150 for secondary pupils.

The Scottish Government has increased funding for local authorities to £13.9 million in the 2024-25 financial year. This includes an inflationary uplift of £0.9 million on the previous year’s funding. The purpose of this increase is to support local authorities to manage increases to the minimum amounts of school clothing grant paid to eligible families in the 2024-25 academic year.

It is for local authorities to determine their own eligibility criteria for school clothing grant and they also have the option to set their school clothing grant levels higher than the minimum if they wish to do so.

Decisions about funding to local authorities in respect of the school clothing grant in future financial years will be through the Budget process in the usual way.