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 for what reason its report, SCOTLAND CAN DO - Boosting Scotland’s Innovation Performance, makes no reference to UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK or Research Councils UK.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of people with shingles between the ages of (a) 50 and 69, (b) 70 and 79 and (b) 80 and 100 have been reported in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent deaths from drowning.
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the call by the Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland for the extension of powers to headteachers.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the shingles vaccine is not made available on the NHS to people aged 80 and over, and whether there are exceptions to this position.
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the ability of the education agencies to deliver the curriculum for excellence.
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs are registered but not practising.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Glasgow Regional Colleges Board has not yet assumed responsibility for the distribution of funds for the college sector in Glasgow, and when it expects it to do so.
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Lanarkshire Regional Colleges Board has cost to run and operate in each financial year since it was established, and whether these costs are top-sliced from the funding allocation to the two Lanarkshire colleges.
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Glasgow Regional Colleges Board has cost to run and operate in each financial year since it was established, and whether these costs are top-sliced from the funding allocation to the three Glasgow colleges.