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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: S7W-02752

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence or guidance informed its decision to allow local authorities and relevant public bodies up to three years from Royal Assent of the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Act 2026 to produce their Community Wealth Building Action Plans, and whether it considered a shorter timeframe before choosing three years.

Question reference: S7W-02759

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review Foundation Apprenticeship commissioning arrangements to allow additional suitably experienced and quality-assured specialist training providers to competitively tender to deliver relevant Foundation Apprenticeships to school pupils.

Question reference: S7W-02751

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the “ask and act” homelessness prevention pilot programme.

Question reference: S7W-02761

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the ongoing review of support for part-time study, including whether it plans to reform the £25,000 personal earnings eligibility threshold and the level of Part-Time Fee Grant support available for private training provider delivery, particularly for Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) practitioners progressing to the revised Social Services (Children and Young People) Level 9 qualification.

Question reference: S7W-02750

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when Vessel Monitoring Systems will be rolled out to the under-12-metre inshore nephrops creel fleet.

Question reference: S7W-02758

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether SDS funding and eligibility arrangements will allow employees who complete the Social Services (Children and Young People) Level 6 Modern Apprenticeship to progress to a separately funded Level 7 Modern Apprenticeship with the same employer, where Level 7 is the appropriate next stage of occupational development.

Question reference: S7W-02753

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to collecting Gross National Income, or equivalent net financial flows, data for Scotland, presented within a sectoral balances framework, to evidence the impact of the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Act 2026 in reducing financial outflows from households and businesses.

Question reference: S7W-02760

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a coordinated Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) recruitment pathway that connects school-based vocational learning and meaningful workplace experience with employment, the Level 6 Modern Apprenticeship and subsequent progression to Level 7.

Question reference: S7W-02757

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that training providers receive sufficient SDS Modern Apprenticeship contract volume and value to recruit a new annual Level 6 cohort while simultaneously progressing successful apprentices from Level 6 to 7.

Question reference: S7W-02756

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has that apprentices in the 20 to 24 and 25+ age groups carrying out the same Social Services (Children and Young People) qualifications require substantially less training, assessment and provider support than 16 to 19-year-olds, and whether it will review age-related contribution differentials where these might not be justified by differences in actual delivery cost.