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-31226
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that pupils from lower-income families can take part in school trips, including curriculum-related trips and activities, and P6 and P7 residentials.
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Question reference: S6W-31241
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support for learning teachers there have been in each year since 2016, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-31229
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the literature review that it committed to carry out to ascertain the current knowledge on masking for children and young people with additional support needs (ASN).
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Question reference: S6W-31258
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Skills Development Scotland's current staff costs are attributable to the delivery of apprenticeships.
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Question reference: S6W-31264
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time forensic pathologists have been based in Aberdeen in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-31240
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which drug rehabilitation programmes it provides funding for, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-31231
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many student educational psychologists have joined the workforce in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-31218
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the issue highlighted in the SQA Higher History Review 2024 that "recruitment and retention of sufficient markers has become increasingly challenging over recent years".
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Question reference: S6W-31247
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what specific measures are in place to verify that third sector organisations meet fair work criteria once they receive public grants.
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Question reference: S6W-31257
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to support all alcohol and drug partnerships to establish (a) alcohol harms groups and (b) alcohol death review groups.
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