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-22724
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21483 by Graeme Dey on 3 October 2023, when it expects to conclude its consideration of options, and (a) in what form and (b) when it will publish its conclusions.
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Question reference: S6W-22741
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many probationer teachers have not completed their probationary year in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-22742
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on introducing free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils.
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Question reference: S6W-22743
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will fully implement the provision of free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils.
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Question reference: S6W-22745
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the infrastructure cost will be for the implementation of free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils, and which body will be responsible for meeting any such cost.
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Question reference: S6W-22740
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional pupils have accessed free school breakfasts since the beginning of the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-22747
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government by what date work on introducing free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils must begin for the scheme to be introduced before the end of the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-22746
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the ongoing annual cost of providing free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils will be.
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Question reference: S6W-22744
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has committed for the introduction of free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils.
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Question reference: S6W-21986
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the conclusions of the Audit Scotland report, Investing in Scotland's infrastructure, and, in particular, the stated change in status of the Borders railway decarbonisation project to "Paused", alter the status of the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan's objective to electrify the Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen mainline by 2035, and whether it can confirm that the Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen mainline will be fully electrified by 2035, as committed to in the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan.