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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-34872

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many cybersecurity breaches it has experienced in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-34534

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 20 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the minutes of each meeting of the Future Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland: Design Advisory Group.

The Design Advisory Group (DAG) was working with Scottish Government to help develop plans for the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland. As the group was working independently, it took responsibility for minuting its own meetings.

We understand that due to some resourcing and capacity issues within the group, there has been a delay in finalising and publishing the minutes. However, the DAG, like the Scottish Government, is committed to transparency and accountability and will aim to publish the minutes by the end of March 2025.

Question reference: S6W-34455

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government who (a) commissioned and (b) is paying for the Project Willow study on the future of the Grangemouth refinery.

Question reference: S6W-34458

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government by what date the Project Willow study on the future of the Grangemouth refinery will be (a) delivered to it and (b) published.

Question reference: S6W-34456

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) organisations and (b) groups will be provided with copies of the (i) draft and (ii) final version of the Project Willow study on the future of the Grangemouth refinery.

Question reference: S6W-33280

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many rural schools there have been in each year since 2007.

The number of publicly funded rural schools in Scotland since 2013 is set out in the following table. Schools were counted as rural if the postcode of the school was classified as accessible rural and remote rural under the Scottish Government’s 6-fold urban rural classification system. Information on a comparable basis is not available prior to 2013.

Year	Rural schools
2024	843
2023	854
2022	853
2021	862
2020	862
2019	860
2018	845
2017	854
2016	863
2015	872
2014	885
2013	887

2024	843
2023	854
2022	853
2021	862
2020	862
2019	860
2018	845
2017	854
2016	863
2015	872
2014	885
2013	887

Question reference: S6T-02290

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will update the Parliament on the supply and availability of the flu vaccine.

Question reference: S6O-04248

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to mitigate against future increases to Social Security Scotland's overall spend on benefits.

Question reference: S6W-32048

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its allocation of £145.5 million to maintain teacher numbers, where the original documents in relation to any associated funding agreements with local authorities are or will be published.

Since 2012-13 the Scottish Government has had a policy position of increasing/maintaining teacher numbers and has made a range of historical financial allocations to local government to support this.

During COVID-19, in the 2020-2021 school year, we provided additional funding to Local Authorities for the recruitment of additional teachers, to aid in education recovery and to compensate for any loss of learning suffered by pupils during lockdown, bringing added resilience to the education system. The £145.5m is part of the £240m referenced in the news release https://www.gov.scot/news/education-recovery/

We have continued to offer Local Authorities £145.5m to maintain teacher numbers. The funding was a continuation of the additional resource provided to ease education recovery. The £145.5m was referenced in the 2022/23 local government budget settlement.

The agreement reached on 10 December 2024 can be found at Education: agreement with COSLA - gov.scot

Question reference: S6O-04187

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the plans for the contract for Contact Scotland BSL, which provides free services to BSL users.