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-25361
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ACER UK has not produced a Scottish National Standardised Assessments annual report for (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22, and, if it is the case that the Scottish Government received the data for these years, whether it has conducted its own analysis.
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Question reference: S6W-25362
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has compared the Scottish National Standardised Assessments Curriculum for Excellence assessment level results with the equivalent teacher-derived Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels for each year since 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-25359
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for how long Scottish National Standardised Assessments and National Standardised Assessments for Scotland data is retained in a pupil’s file.
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Question reference: S6W-25005
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of private prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-25003
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been prescribed cannabis-based medicines in Scotland to date.
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Question reference: S6W-25004
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve access to cannabis-based medicines to NHS patients.
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Question reference: S6W-24382
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that bus travel is affordable for fare-paying passengers travelling to access employment, education and training.
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Question reference: S6W-24381
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the bus network in rural Scotland, particularly at (a) night and (b) the weekend.
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Question reference: S6W-24383
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action Transport Scotland is taking to update signage on the A74(M) to include Langholm.
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Question reference: S6W-24411
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities have the flexibility to allow three-year-olds to take up a place at a local authority nursery after the term has started.