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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-22203

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15474 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2023, how much of the £140 million to support the roll-out of digital devices in the Capital Spending Review has been allocated to date; how much will be allocated before May 2026, and when it expects it will be allocated; which local authorities will receive funding before May 2026, and what proportion of the funding each of those local authorities will receive.

Question reference: S6W-22168

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15089 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2023, when, in the remainder of 2023, it plans to complete and publish the Investment Plan outlined in its publication, Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045, Tackling the Nature Emergency in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-22500

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to launch the national digital academy.

Scottish Government and Education Scotland are currently developing options for a National Digital Academy. Details of timescales and funding will be available when these are complete.

The National e-Learning offer (a range of live, recorded and supported resources, funded by the Scottish Government and delivered in partnership with Education Scotland, ADES, the 6 regional improvement collaboratives, and EIS) continues to be delivered.

Question reference: S6W-22501

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the creation of a national digital academy.

Question reference: S6W-22502

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been to date of its development of the national digital academy, and what the projected final cost will be.

Question reference: S6W-22060

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have local digital learning strategies.

The 2016 Digital Learning and Teaching strategy sets out our expectation that local authorities will develop strategies to support the appropriate and effective use of technology in education. We do not hold a central record of these documents. As indicated in the recent PfG, we will now work with partners on the development of a refreshed digital strategy for education that will aim to drive improved digital access for all learners.

Question reference: S6W-22059

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 3 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21422 by Jenny Gilruth on 4 October 2023, when the digital strategy for education will be published, and which organisations and stakeholders are contributing to it.

We are developing a new digital strategy to support our ongoing commitment to improve digital access for learners. This strategy will define the key elements for successful digital learning and seek to deliver the right technology, in the right place, with a workforce that knows how to use it.

Officials will engage with key partners across the education sector in development and implementation of the strategy, which we will publish in 2024.

Question reference: S6W-22048

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21487 by Graeme Dey on 3 October 2023, what progress it has made regarding the next round of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund; whether it plans to announce the next round of the fund in 2023, and what discussions and meetings it has had with the Scottish Funding Council regarding the fund.

Question reference: S6W-21957

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to address the reported vulnerabilities set out in Education Scotland's risk register.

Question reference: S6W-21920

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 29 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether the £20 million that was allocated in the first round of the Just Transition Fund has been distributed in its entirety.

In Year 1, the Just Transition Fund’s £20 million allocation was made up of £10 million capital grants and £10 million Financial Transactions.

Of the £20 million available to be distributed in 2022-23, the full £10 million capital grant allocation was spent. £0.5 million Financial Transactions were allocated to Social Investment Scotland’s Social Enterprise Just Transition Fund and £9.5 million Financial Transactions were unallocated.

In 2023-24 the Fund’s entire Financial Transaction allocation of £25 million has been allocated to the Scottish National Investment Bank. Businesses, projects, and their representatives can contact the Bank via its website, where the Bank’s new enquiries team will handle the approach. Up to an additional £25 million grant funding will be spent as part of the ongoing delivery of the £50 million grant funding committed to in 2022-23.