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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)
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Question reference: S6O-02246

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to better support teachers and educators who work with learners with ADHD.

Question reference: S6O-02236

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding any changes to the policing of protests.

Question reference: S6O-02230

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering replacing any retained EU law.

Question reference: S6O-02243

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Court of Session's ruling that a so-called nil cap for sexual entertainment venues under provisions in the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 is unlawful.

Question reference: S6O-02232

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting culture and the arts in the Cunninghame South constituency.

Question reference: S6O-02248

Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote modern apprenticeships to constituents in Motherwell and Wishaw.

Question reference: S6W-17178

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16273 by Kevin Stewart on 6 April 2023, whether it will provide specific details of each of the upgrades, broken down by (a) geographical location, (b) anticipated time-saving and (c) projected cost.

Question reference: S6W-17095

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the average real terms spending, based on current prices, was for a Scotland-domiciled student attending a Scottish further education college, in each year since 2007.

Table 1 below provides the gross teaching funding allocations per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) place in college in cash and real terms (2022-23 prices), since 2007-08. Please note that data between the periods of 2007-08 to 2012-13 and 2013-14 to 2022-23 are not directly comparable due to a change in methodology of how FTEs in college were calculated.

Table 1: Gross teaching funding per College Place (FTE), cash and real terms (2022-23 prices), 2007-08 to 2022-23
Year	Cash terms	Real terms (2022-23 prices)
2007-08	£4,046	£5,621
2008-09	£4,219	£5,658
2009-10	£4,293	£5,681
2010-11	£4,289	£5,583
2011-12	£4,138	£5,292
2012-13	£4,012	£5,043
Break in series
2013-14	£4,043	£4,979
2014-15	£4,029	£4,908
2015-16	£4,024	£4,863
2016-17	£4,092	£4,846
2017-18	£4,196	£4,887
2018-19	£4,539	£5,194
2019-20	£4,665	£5,203
2020-21	£4,878	£5,120
2021-22	£4,952	£5,233
2022-23	£5,054	£5,054

Source: Scottish Government analysis of Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and HM Treasury deflator series (March 2023) data.

Notes:

1. Gross teaching funding per college place in each year is derived by taking gross funding over the total number of FTE places.

2. Gross teaching funding includes core and European Social Fund (ESF) funding and an external fees element consisting of Student Award Agency Scotland (SAAS), Skills Development Scotland (SDS), employers’ and students paying their own tuition fees for SFC funded programmes

3. In AY 2015-16 SFC moved college funding to a credits based system, rather than WSUMS. It is assumed that 15 credits = 1 FTE.

Question reference: S6W-17372

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 10 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mark Firefighters' Memorial Day 2023 on 4 May 2023.

The Scottish Government alongside the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service fully supports Firefighters Memorial Day and the opportunity it gives us all to reflect and remember firefighters across the world who have lost their lives in keeping communities. Bill Kidd MSP also raised a members debate on 4 May in the Scottish Parliament at which many members made moving contributions to recognise Firefighters Memorial Day. Scotland’s communities are lucky to have such dedicated and professional firefighters, who stand ready to put their personal safety at risk to save others.

Question reference: S6W-17563

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the total budget is for railway enhancements for Control Period 7 (CP7).