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, in light of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, what communications have taken place with stakeholders, to date, to ensure that the independent review of qualifications and assessment "fully considers the needs of children and young people with additional support needs".
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to seek the views of the workforce, parents and carers, and children and young people within the Pupil Support Staff Working Group consultations, as committed to in the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022.
To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, how it plans to ensure that there will be career progression and pathways for teachers looking to specialise in Additional Support for Learning (ASL), and for what reason its intention is that this will result in an overall increase in the number of teachers specialising in ASL.
To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, whether teachers have been able to access support and expertise from other professionals when this is required, and, if so, whether there have been any reoccurring concerns expressed on behalf of teachers.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, whether it is on track to share the evaluation of the engagement programme, and, if so, what (a) visions and (b) values have been agreed upon.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, whether its final proposals for an accredited qualification and registration programme for Additional Support Needs assistants are on track to be brought forward by autumn 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will revisit its research on the implementation factors associated with effective workforce development and deployment within the pupil support staff workforce in spring 2023, as stated in the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, for what reasons it, the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and the Scottish Council of Deans of Education (SCDE) concluded that a qualification in additional support for learning "would not be attractive to those considering a career in teaching".
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Additional Support for Learning Review Action Plan – Update November 2022, whether the development and trialling of the Association for Real Change (ARC) Principles into Practice programme will be completed by April 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce poverty among young families, in light of its publication, Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22, which shows that 36% of households with household heads aged 16 to 24 were in relative poverty after housing costs, and that this had risen by almost 10% since 2018-21.