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-28260
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much time, on average, it takes for a student midwife to be repaid for any expenses incurred on clinical placements, and what action it is taking to decrease this.
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Question reference: S6W-28261
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scotland Student Midwives Finance Report, published by the Royal College of Midwives.
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Question reference: S6W-28235
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards are currently consulting on the future of any (a) A1, (b) A2, (c) A3, (d) B and (e) J26 hospitals, and which hospitals they are.
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Question reference: S6W-28236
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) A1, (b) A2, (c) A3, (d) B and (e) J26 NHS hospitals have closed in the last 17 years.
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Question reference: S6W-28255
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on student finance for nursing and midwifery students, in light of reported concerns by both the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwifery in Scotland regarding the viability of these courses.
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Question reference: S6W-28259
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether student midwives in receipt of benefits continue to receive their benefits after being awarded a bursary.
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Question reference: S6W-28450
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) research suggesting that, on average, teachers in Scotland work 46 hours per week.
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Question reference: S6W-28455
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is tackling any work-related stress in the teaching sector that results from teachers working beyond the 35-hour working week.
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Question reference: S6W-28451
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is planning to update the Teachers’ Agreement 2001, in light of recent reports that its provisions do not match the current workload that teachers undertake.
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Question reference: S6W-28452
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that teachers are spending an average of 11.39 hours a week outside contracted hours on work-related activity, undertaken in the morning before work, into the evening and at home at the weekend.
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