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-23504
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to issue national guidance on behaviour management policies in schools, and how it will support local authorities to implement any such guidance.
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Question reference: S6W-23509
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £900,000 for local authorities to offer support training for staff to tackle post-COVID-19 pandemic challenges in schools, as announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 29 November 2023, whether it will instruct local authorities that this support should be ringfenced for training for education staff.
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Question reference: S6W-23506
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to involve children and young people directly in the development of a national action plan on violence and behaviour in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-23515
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholders it believes have a role in the improvement of behaviour in schools, including reducing violence, and how it expects these stakeholders to participate in achieving this.
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Question reference: S6W-23519
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to engage with trade unions on the development of a national action plan on violence and behaviour in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-23510
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it plans to publish the gender-based violence in schools framework.
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Question reference: S6W-23513
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update national guidance on the recording of inappropriate, abusive or violent behaviour in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-23511
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government from what part of its Budget it has allocated the £900,000 for local authorities to offer support training for staff to tackle post-COVID-19 pandemic challenges in schools, as announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 29 November 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-23416
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received a response from the UK Government to the letter that it sent on (a) 3, (b) 5 and (c) 15 September 2023 regarding reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
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Question reference: S6W-23493
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities regarding their (a) strategic and (b) implementation plans for improving school attendance, and how it is encouraging any local authorities that do not have a plan in place to develop such a plan.
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