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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Jenny Gilruth

Scottish National Party

MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Constituency) 2016 - present day

About Jenny Gilruth

Contact details

Contact online

X (previously known as Twitter): @jennygilruth

Facebook: Jenny's facebook

Contact at local office

12 Commercial Street
Markinch
KY7 6DE

Phone: 01592 764815
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Jenny is not a member of any committees

Cross-party groups

Jenny is not a member of any cross-party groups

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Jenny has 1 parliamentary and government role

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills

Scottish Government

Party Roles

Jenny does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Jenny has had 13 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

24 January 2022 - 30 March 2023

Minister for Transport

Scottish Government

19 May 2021 - 24 January 2022

Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development

Scottish Government

18 February 2020 - 19 May 2021

Minister for Europe and International Development

Scottish Government

25 September 2019 - 19 February 2020

Justice SubCommittee on Policing

Member

19 April 2018 - 19 February 2020

Justice Committee

Member

06 September 2018 - 19 February 2020

Education and Skills Committee

Member

07 September 2016 - 19 February 2020

Social Security Committee

Substitute Member

30 March 2017 - 06 September 2018

Local Government and Communities Committee

Member

14 June 2016 - 28 June 2018

Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills

Scottish Government

30 March 2017 - 19 April 2018

Health and Sport Committee

Member

06 September 2016 - 30 March 2017

Environment Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

Member

08 June 2016 - 06 September 2016

Education and Skills Committee

Member

08 June 2016 - 06 September 2016

Public Audit Committee

Member

Register of interests

Jenny's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Jenny Gilruth has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025

Physical Literacy

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (Jenny Gilruth): "Schools ensure that children develop physical literacy skills with physical education, activity and sport embedded in the curriculum framework…

Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025

Antisocial Behaviour and Girls’ Welfare

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (Jenny Gilruth): "The Scottish Government’s gender equality task force in education and learning asserts that all girls and young women should have a gender-equal experience of education in an environment that is free from sexism, sexual harassment and violence…

Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025

Additional Support Needs (School Estate)

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (Jenny Gilruth): "It is the statutory responsibility of local authorities to manage their school estate, and the Scottish Government expects them to focus on ensuring that, in estate planning, learning environments recognise the needs of pupils with additional support needs. Through our £2 billion learning estate investment programme, dedicated ASN spaces will be…

Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025

Higher History 2024

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (Jenny Gilruth): "The Scottish Government has accepted the findings of the SQA’s 2024 higher history review, which was an operational matter for the SQA…

Chamber meeting date: 9 January 2025

Additional Support Needs (Dumfries and Galloway)

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (Jenny Gilruth): "Figures published last month show that, nationally, 40.5 per cent of school-age children were recorded as having an additional support need in 2024…

Votes

How Jenny Gilruth has voted in Parliament

Find out how Jenny Gilruth has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-16160.1

Compensation for WASPI Women

Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 20, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Result 52 for, 72 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 29 Amendment 14

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Result 46 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-16114

Approval of SSI

Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Result 88 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16093

Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill

Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025

Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Result 116 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-16092.2

Valuing Culture: Scotland's Support to the Culture Sector

Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, January 13, 2025

Supported by: Michael Marra, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Result 24 for, 64 against, 28 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motions

Questions

Questions Jenny Gilruth has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S5W-27245

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 4 February 2020

"To ask the Scottish Government what progress the Independent Care Review is making."

Answered by Maree Todd on 5 February 2020

Question ref. S5O-04093

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 29 January 2020

"To ask the Scottish Government how it supports inclusive growth in the Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency."

Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2020

Question ref. S5W-27120

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23 January 2020

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress to establish the public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh."

Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2020

Question ref. S5W-26767

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 December 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in reducing youth unemployment through the Developing the Young Workforce Programme."

Answered by John Swinney on 19 December 2019

Question ref. S5O-03952

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 December 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the WASPI campaign."

Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020

Question ref. S5O-03827

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 November 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent figures from The Trussell Trust showing that thousands of three-day emergency food parcels have been handed out in Fife this year."

Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2019

Question ref. S5O-03768

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 6 November 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government how it is tackling poverty and inequality."

Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2019

Question ref. S5W-26064

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30 October 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government when figures showing local authority and school level spend of Pupil Equity Funding in 2018-19 will be published."

Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2019

Question ref. S5W-25714

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 8 October 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government when the findings of the independent jury research that it commissioned will be published."

Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 October 2019

Question ref. S5O-03638

Asked by: Gilruth, Jenny, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 2 October 2019

"To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it is providing to EU citizens to stay in Scotland ahead of 31 October."

Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2019

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