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-28559
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it was made aware of the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses for schools.
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Question reference: S6W-28554
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted an equality impact assessment of the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses for schools and, if so, whether it publish the outcome of that assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-28417
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the deeming of wages is in line with its Fair Work agenda.
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Question reference: S6W-28362
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there should be trade union representation on the board of Qualifications Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-28400
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce teacher workload.
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Question reference: S6W-28182
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 27 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors student retention data in colleges and universities.
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Question reference: S6W-27964
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its response to the report of the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape, what steps it has taken to embed consideration of gender in the exercise to be undertaken in summer 2024 to develop a better understanding of the specific skills needed across the country.
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Question reference: S6W-27963
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its response to the report of the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape, what steps it has taken to ensure that any barriers that women and girls face in accessing the skills system, such as gender segregation in subject choice, gender stereotypes around work, occupational segregation, caring responsibilities, sexism and sexual harassment, are fully considered in the skills review.
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Question reference: S6W-28184
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 26 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when (a) it and (b) the Scottish Funding Council last offered to work with universities to develop alternative routes into teaching subjects that have traditionally been difficult to recruit for, and what options were considered.
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Question reference: S6W-28183
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered an "earn-as-you-learn" route to midwifery as a means to widen access and help address any recruitment challenges in remote and island NHS boards.
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