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
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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Question reference: S5W-12528
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce a nationally-set rate for day nursery provision.
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Question reference: S5W-12527
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the average cost of day nursery provision.
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Question reference: S5W-12534
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of teaching staff who experience workplace stress.
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Question reference: S5W-12523
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of where it expects the 11,000 additional early learning and childcare workers will be required.
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Question reference: S5W-12524
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many two-year-olds have funded childcare, broken down by their local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-12541
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on instructing external legal advice in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-12535
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many current head teachers undertook General Teaching Council for Scotland-accredited headship training in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-12542
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on instructing external legal advice in relation to the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S5W-12525
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of capital spending on nursery provision in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-12543
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many individual cases regarding inadequate broadband provision has it been made aware of.