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.
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To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities, what specialised support services are currently available to students with additional support needs, including (i) speech therapy, (ii) counselling and (iii) occupational therapy, broken down by geographical location.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to carry out a review of the preference waiver scheme, in light of reported concerns that probation teachers are less likely to opt-in following the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many probationer teachers have filled vacant teaching posts in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Scottish Government what its projected timeline is for achieving consistent and year-round adherence to the A&E target of ensuring that 95% of patients are processed within four hours.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken a security risk assessment regarding cabinet secretaries and ministers using personal phones and electronic devices to conduct government business.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last evaluated the Included, Engaged and Involved Part 2: A Positive Approach to Preventing and Managing School Exclusions guidance, and what its conclusions were.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children are currently considered to be "missing from education" at schools in Scotland, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) reason recorded for being missing.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any additional costs associated with the phase 3 bids for the Learning Estate Investment Programme as a result of the delay in communicating who had been awarded funding.
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants are working on preparations for a National Care Service, and what the cost of these civil servants is on (a) an annualised and (b) a cumulative basis.
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of pupils currently learning in temporary (a) buildings, (b) classrooms and (c) schools that are not part of their own campus.