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-13733
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the number of apprenticeships it has funded via Skills Development Scotland in the current academic year meets the level of demand, and, if that is not the case, how it plans to resource any shortfalls.
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Question reference: S6W-13734
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many apprentices have been recruited in the construction industry onto schemes funded by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in the current academic year; whether this number exceeds the number of places funded by the Scottish Government, and, if so, by how many places, and what additional support it plans to provide to SDS to cover any such shortfall.
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Question reference: S6W-13732
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many apprenticeships it has funded via Skills Development Scotland in the current academic year.
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Question reference: S6W-13397
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent changes to the Welsh Government's Reducing Restrictive Practices Framework, what plans it has to include (a) regulations and (b) mandatory data-gathering on the restraint of children during secure transportation within the forthcoming Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6O-01768
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support young people’s mental health services, including in colleges and universities.
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Question reference: S6W-13055
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement on 6 December 2022 that organisations applying for public sector grants will need to pay at least the real Living Wage and provide channels for staff to have a say in the workplace from July 2023, whether this applies to grants awarded by local authorities, and what discussions ministers have had with them on this issue.
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Question reference: S6T-01060
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported comments by the General Secretary of School Leaders Scotland, that a reduction in budget will lead to class sizes increasing, subjects being removed from the curriculum and a reduction in the number of teachers.
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Question reference: S6W-12753
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average length of time for Social Security Scotland to process applications for Adult Disability Payment has been since it was introduced, and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of applications for Adult Disability Payment have taken more than 10 weeks to be processed.
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Question reference: S6W-12959
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12259 by Ivan McKee on 2 December 2022, on what specific dates repayments of the loan should have been made by Liberty Steel Dalzell Ltd; when the last repayment was made, and what its position is regarding the length of time that long debt forbearance would usually be tolerated by a lender.
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Question reference: S6O-01686
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on support for Liberty Steel Dalzell.