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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: S6F-02778

Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to prevent a resurgence of measles in Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-02773

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S6F-02767

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024

To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government expects the remainder of the National Treatment Centres to be opened, in light of reports that NHS capital infrastructure projects have been paused.

Question reference: S6F-02770

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that Scottish Water plans to increase charges by 29% over three years.

Question reference: S6F-02763

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-02762

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-24635

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of rail tickets have been sold (a) onboard trains, (b) at railway stations and (c) digitally in each year since 2020.

Question reference: S6W-24601

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to MND Scotland since 2019.

The Scottish Government awarded £11,698 to MND Scotland in July 2019. The funding was to support the core staffing, volunteer and training costs of MND Scotland staff operating the charity’s Scottish Communication Aid Loan Service. The funding aimed to support the provision of timely access throughout Scotland for people with MND who require specialised Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services.

The Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office provided a total of £83,495 to MND Scotland towards co-funding a three-year Clinical Academic Fellowship undertaken between 2019-20 and 2021-22 at the University of Edinburgh. The following sums were paid:

Amount	Date	Purpose
£26,784	October 2021	Clinical Academic Fellowship - Year 1 2019-2020
£28,760	October 2021	Clinical Academic Fellowship - Year 2 2020-2021
£27,950	October 2023	Clinical Academic Fellowship – Year 3 2021-22

The Clinical Academic Fellowship comprised a PhD research project to better understand the pathogenesis of disease progression in sporadic MND. The objective was to investigate the molecular pathology of sporadic MND cases, stratified by disease duration, in order to identify candidate genes and pathways associated with neuroresilience and longer survival.

Question reference: S6W-24595

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23791 by Maree Todd on 8 January 2024, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils are currently receiving the specified target levels of physical education each school week.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-24594 on 29 January 2024

Data on the provision of physical education in schools has been recorded in the Schools Healthy Living Survey Statistics Report since 2012.

The most recent Schools Healthy Living Survey Statistics Report was published on the Scottish Government’s website on 5 September 2023 and this is available through the following web link: Data and Methodology - School Healthy Living Survey: school meal uptake and PE provision statistics 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

Information about schools meeting physical education targets is contained on Table 18 of the supplementary statistics spreadsheet.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

Question reference: S6W-24604

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to Borders Hospital Radio Service since 2019.