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-23873
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement on literacy and numeracy on 12 December 2023, what assessment it has made of the impact of the £830 million that it set aside for additional learning support assistants in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-23878
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which university it plans to lead the Centre of Teaching Excellence.
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Question reference: S6W-23872
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is providing local authorities with the necessary resources to support the presumption of mainstreaming in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-23884
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many current vacant teaching posts have been filled by a probationer teacher for more than one year.
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Question reference: S6W-23882
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on how many vacant teaching posts are filled by probationer teachers annually.
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Question reference: S6W-23880
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what structures and support it plans to put in place to allow stakeholders to engage with the Centre of Teaching Excellence.
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Question reference: S6W-23881
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has explored the potential for a collaborative approach between universities to lead the Centre of Teaching Excellence.
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Question reference: S6W-23871
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of any impact of school staffing on children's access to occupational therapy services.
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Question reference: S6W-23875
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that it will publish guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools, as stated by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills in her ministerial statement on 12 December 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-23876
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to CALL Scotland in each of the last five years.