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.
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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To ask the Scottish Government which legal responsibilities that lie only with local authorities it is proposing to offer schools.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a review of higher education funding in light of the EU referendum result.
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used to determine the eligibility of pupils for a free school meal in Primaries 1 to 3.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children were taken into care from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2015, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority, and how many of those were defined as being (i) looked after and (ii) accommodated.
To ask the Scottish Government what the projected spend is for children taken into care in its next budget.
To ask the Scottish Government what the total spend was on looked after children in each year from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2015.
To ask the Scottish Government how many air guns were surrendered to police stations during the amnesty between 23 May and 12 June 2016, also broken down by Police Scotland division.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent on (a) print and (b) broadcast advertising and marketing materials to promote the air gun amnesty between 23 May and 12 June 2016.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the SQA regarding what checks are put in place to ensure that all exam papers are correctly compiled and moderated.