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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-40816

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 7 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to prevent the closure of the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College.

Forth Valley College’s campus in Alloa plays a vital role in providing access to services for the people in that community, and everything possible must be done to keep the campus open.

The Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) have identified a route by which some funding could be used this financial year to support urgent feasibility studies to inform the SFC’s forthcoming College Infrastructure Investment Plan.

The Scottish Government and the SFC will continue to engage with Forth Valley College throughout this process to find a way to support the College decide on the best future for the campus.

Question reference: S6W-40819

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 7 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the potential impact of the closure of the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College on the (a) Stirling and (b) Clackmannanshire economy.

Question reference: S6W-40994

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Audit Scotland, Scotland’s Colleges 2025, which highlights that two colleges required liquidity support from the Scottish Funding Council in 2023-24, what criteria were used to approve this support.

Question reference: S6W-41031

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the Tay Cities Region Deal is supporting manufacturing firms.

Question reference: S6W-40066

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided to the Massage In Schools Association Scotland in each of the last three years, and for what purposes.

Question reference: S6W-41012

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to reinstate or replace the Flexible Workforce Development Fund, in light of Audit Scotland’s findings in its recent report, Scotland’s Colleges 2025, that its withdrawal has reduced employer-based training opportunities.

Question reference: S6W-41009

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the decrease in the number of full-time equivalent college students to the lowest level in the last 10 years in 2023-24, as noted in the recent report by Audit Scotland, Scotland’s Colleges 2025.

Question reference: S6W-40998

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Audit Scotland, Scotland’s Colleges 2025, which found that funding for mental health support has been withdrawn, whether it will provide additional funding to maintain mental health counselling services in colleges, following the end of transition funding in 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-41000

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that apprenticeship funding reaches colleges more directly, in light of the recent report by Audit Scotland, Scotland’s Colleges 2025, which found that only 40% of Scottish Government funding reaches some colleges that deliver training.

Question reference: S6W-41007

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that capital maintenance funding allocations for the college sector are sufficient to cover essential repairs, in light of the finding in the recent report by Audit Scotland, Scotland’s Colleges 2025, that current funding is inadequate.