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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 12 September 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19551

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has asked Skills Development Scotland to consider widening the range of courses eligible for modern apprenticeship funding.

Question reference: S6W-19550

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Skills Development Scotland regarding removing or changing the time limit in place on accessing funding for modern apprenticeships to allow an individual to begin a modern apprenticeship at any point in their career.

Question reference: S6W-20102

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, following initiatives such as the 2016 Enterprise and Skills Review, its 2017 commitment to improving skills planning, and the 2022 Auditor General for Scotland report, Planning for skills, which stated that the "Scottish Government has not provided the necessary leadership for progress", what assessment it has made of the reasons for the reported lack of progress in planning for workforce skills.

Question reference: S6W-20103

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work it is undertaking to incorporate the 10 demands of offshore oil and gas workers for a just transition, as laid out in the report, Our Power: Offshore workers’ demands for a just energy transition, published in March 2023 by Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Platform collective, and which have reportedly been backed by over 90% of over 1,000 workers surveyed.

Question reference: S6W-20049

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the integration of the Skills 4.0 model into work-based learning and the broader skills and education systems.

Question reference: S6W-20051

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its Skills and Training budget detailing (a) resources committed per programme, (b) staffing costs and (c) capital costs in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-20170

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18723 by Graeme Day on 20 June 2023, whether it can provide an update on its progress towards delivering a Scottish Education Exchange Programme.

Question reference: S6W-20169

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering establishing or entering into a transnational vocational training scheme for apprentices.

Question reference: S6W-20094

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the response from the Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work to the chair of the Just Transition Commission on 28 March 2023, which was published on 14 April 2023, whether it will publish further detail regarding the outstanding work required to deliver decarbonisation of one million homes by 2030, particularly in relation to (a) financing, (b) skills and (c) workforce capacity.

Question reference: S6W-20071

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of employers that have at least one employee currently undertaking a graduate apprenticeship.