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 the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s reported assessment that benefits spending is being driven by increased eligibility rather than population need.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients it estimates have waited over a year for outpatient treatment or surgery in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported demand from teachers for self-defence training in response to pupil violence.
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the potential fiscal impact on Scotland’s economy of exploration and drilling in the North Sea being curtailed prematurely.
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency measures are in place in the event that the NHS seven-day diagnostic model and digital outpatient system is again not delivered within the timetable.
To ask the Scottish Government what the teacher vacancy rate has been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority area, (b)(i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special schools and (c) subject for secondary education.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure the continuity of public services in the event that any proposed local authority industrial action goes ahead.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring the effectiveness of the £900,000 provided to local authorities to provide professional learning for support staff to improve skill levels in responding to distressed behaviour in schools.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to stimulate employment in areas with persistently high welfare dependency.
To ask the Scottish Government what measurable improvements in pupil behaviour have resulted to date from the implementation of the 2024-27 relationships and behaviour action plan.