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: S6W-25683
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are on the Co-Production Group for the Centre of Teaching Excellence, and how many of these are serving teachers.
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Question reference: S6W-25172
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-29691, S5W-22664 and S6W-01165 by Angela Constance on 2 March 2016, by John Swinney on 1 May 2019 and by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 July 2021 respectively, whether it will provide the figures for each year since 2020-21.
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Question reference: S6W-25650
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to reviewing the teaching bursary in order to improve the uptake of Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PDGE) courses in eligible subjects.
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Question reference: S6W-25682
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that the Centre of Teaching Excellence will launch in 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-25232
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many working groups it has established since October 2023, and, further to the answer to question S6W-21835 by Jenny Gilruth on 25 October 2023, whether all of the working groups listed in that answer are still active.
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Question reference: S6W-25247
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly stopped collecting literacy and numeracy data via the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy.
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Question reference: S6W-25233
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21777 by Maree Todd on 24 October 2023, what analysis it has undertaken of any reduction in the number of young people participating in sport.
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Question reference: S6W-25242
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the costs associated with colleges transitioning to net zero.
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Question reference: S6W-25154
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers have accessed the Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science website.
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Question reference: S6W-25151
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the creation of the Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science organisation.