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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-28563
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses for schools, what plans it has to ensure that pupils and staff across the country have access to Microsoft tools..
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Question reference: S6W-28564
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses for schools will impact on (a) teachers and other school staff and (b) pupils.
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Question reference: S6W-28560
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses will impact on school devices.
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Question reference: S6W-28570
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the MV (a) Isle of Islay and (b) Loch Indaal will be fully operational.
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Question reference: S6W-28561
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses for schools, what plans it has to renew or replace these, including whether it will purchase additional (a) A3 and (b) A5 licenses.
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Question reference: S6W-28556
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Microsoft regarding the continuity of its IT services to schools in Scotland following the withdrawal of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses.
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Question reference: S6W-28567
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of foreign direct investment in Scotland came via a UK-based parent company in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-27722
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any potential impact on its funding of the service, what its position is on whether a single-sex exemption under Schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, based on a candidate's biological and legal sex, should have prevented the board of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre appointing its current chief executive.
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Question reference: S6W-28555
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of Microsoft licensing to ensure that schools can continue to have the same access to IT services following the withdrawal by Microsoft of its Office 365 A1 Plus licenses
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Question reference: S6W-28551
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its timetable is for publishing the statutory guidance to support local transport authorities when utilising bus franchising powers under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.
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