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-15985
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the dates of all Deferral Working Group meetings since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-15986
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the evaluation report of the pilot scheme for deferred entry of children to P1 will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-15742
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, according to the latest data, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children are currently accessing (i) 600 and (ii) 1,140 hours of funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC), broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-15968
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has given to the Scottish Funding Council on distributing funding to colleges for the financial year 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-15969
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has issued a letter of guidance to the Scottish Funding Council for 2023-24, and, if so, when the letter was issued.
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Question reference: S6W-15967
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what purpose it awarded the £26 million of additional funding for colleges.
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Question reference: S6O-02073
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to any potential tax implications of pay awards currently being administered by local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-15734
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many free bikes have been provided to eligible school-age children, broken down by pilot scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-15897
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total spend has been on its policy, Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach.
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Question reference: S6W-15962
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the STEM bursary scheme in each academic year from 2018-19 to date.