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-29935
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the proposed downgrading of lecturing posts to instructor posts at Forth Valley College on terms and conditions outwith the agreed national terms and conditions for college lecturers.
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Question reference: S5W-29866
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many students in each higher education institution have received payments from the Higher Education Discretionary Fund since 23 March 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-29299
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will distribute the laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children that it recently announced funding for, and how it will identify eligibility.
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Question reference: S5W-29290
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of consultations with young people that have been undertaken by the COVID-19 Education Recovery Group.
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Question reference: S5W-29075
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-28271 by John Swinney on 20 April 2020, whether it will provide figures for the number of additional support needs (ASN) teachers in each year from 2010 to 2018 using the same category of teacher used in the answer.
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Question reference: S5W-29029
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-22108 by John Swinney on 20 March 2019, for what reason teachers in special schools with their main subject recorded as primary teaching were not included in the table provided.
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Question reference: S5W-29030
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak causing applicants to consider delaying applying to university, what consideration it is giving to continuing the policy of free tuition for EU students.
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Question reference: S5W-28479
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 6 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, what its position is on university summer schools that are due to take place in summer 2020, and what guidance it is considering on the matter.
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Question reference: S5W-28752
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 6 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what economic transition plan there is for the Hunterston area when Hunterston B nuclear power station reaches the end of its operational life, and what role it has had in developing this.
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Question reference: S5W-28481
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when its review into coordinated support plans for children with additional needs will begin.
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