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-29172
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support and funding it has provided to ensure that all school pupils have access to remote learning resources and educational support during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what the uptake of additional support has been, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-29179
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to contact pupils who are not taking part in remote learning or educational support while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-29180
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it monitors the provision of home learning, and whether educational outcomes have changed in light of home learning.
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Question reference: S5W-29170
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much Pupil Equity Funding has been spent by each local authority during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-29176
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the disparity of access to education resources such as IT equipment between households due to socioeconomic factors, what steps it is taking to ensure that the attainment gap is not exacerbated during the period of school closures.
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Question reference: S5W-29174
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils have not engaged with remote learning and educational support since schools were closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5O-04365
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to older people who are facing increased fuel bills during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
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Question reference: S5O-04309
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support remote learning.
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Question reference: S5W-27285
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with stakeholders in relation to the creation of a new abattoir in Orkney.
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Question reference: S5O-04253
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve travel connectivity to and within the Highlands and Islands.
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