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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-06873

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06392 by Mark McDonald on 1 February 2017, how many (a) graduates and (b) teachers it expects to complete courses in 2016-17.

Question reference: S5W-06826

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeships have been started in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) framework, (ii) local authority and apprentice (A) gender and (B) ethnicity.

Question reference: S5W-07306

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04227 by Mark McDonald on 11 November 2016, whether it will provide an update on the information it has gathered on available capacity within the early learning and childcare sector, including the total hourly (a) term-time, (b) holiday day-time and (c) yearly capacity of the early learning and childcare sector.

Question reference: S5W-07514

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce legislation regarding legal recognition for non-binary genders.

Question reference: S5W-06467

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) total rateable value of businesses in each (i) local authority area and (ii) sector has been in each of the last 10 years, and will be in 2017-18.

Question reference: S5T-00412

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that one-in-10 training places are going unfilled, what action it is taking to encourage more people into teaching.

Question reference: S5O-00714

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the implementation of section 179 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 regarding disabled access.

Question reference: S5W-06824

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the quarterly figures were for (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeship (i) starts, (ii) numbers in training, (iii) achievements and (iv) redundancies in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S5W-06825

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeships have been started in each of the last five years by people who were (i) 12 to 15, (ii) 16 to 19, (iii) 20 to 24 and (iv) over 25 years old.

Question reference: S5W-06829

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) graduate and (b) foundation apprenticeships have been started in each of the last five years by people who self declared as disabled.