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
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Question reference: S5W-28527
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it is gathering on the provision of care for (a) vulnerable children and (b) children of key workers.
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Question reference: S5W-28525
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the daily childcare setting attendance figures reported to it by local authorities, and how this compares to projected attendance, broken down by (a) key worker category and (b) number of vulnerable children.
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Question reference: S5W-28524
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to (a) monitor and (b) support the wellbeing of children who have been identified as vulnerable but are not attending childcare hubs.
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Question reference: S5W-27843
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26427 by Paul Wheelhouse on 28 November 2019, whether it has now established with David MacBrayne the reason that the company felt able to make the claim.
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Question reference: S5W-27756
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27236 by Maree Todd on 2 March 2020, for what reason the affirmative Scottish Statutory Instrument will be brought forward in Spring 2021, and for what reason this cannot be brought forward before the beginning of the next academic year.
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Question reference: S5W-27717
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02059 by Maree Todd on 3 March 2020 (Official Report, c. 4), whether it will publish local progress reports on the expansion of early learning and childcare.
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Question reference: S5W-27720
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02059 by Maree Todd on 3 March 2020 (Official Report, c. 4), what discussions it has had with the National Day Nurseries Association regarding local progress reports on early learning and childcare.
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Question reference: S5W-27719
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02059 by Maree Todd on 3 March 2020 (Official Report, c. 4), what its position is on the National Day Nurseries Association's statement that local progress reports on early learning and childcare will “help demonstrate what is and isn’t working”.
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Question reference: S5W-27716
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02059 by Maree Todd on 3 March 2020 (Official Report, c. 4), whether every parent of an eligible child will have a choice over where they access their child’s funded early learning and childcare entitlement in August 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-27718
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02059 by Maree Todd on 3 March 2020 (Official Report, c. 4), for what reason it did not address the publication of local progress reports on the expansion of early learning and childcare.
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