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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.

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Question reference: S6W-23182

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 11 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to higher education resource funding in the Budget for 2024-25, whether £809.2 million will be used as the 2023-24 baseline figure, as published in the Budget for 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-23196

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates it will meet its target to recruit 3,500 teachers, in addition to the 1,400 recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic, during the current parliamentary session, and whether it will provide an update on its progress to date.

The 2022 teacher census total was 54,193 teachers, which indicates an increase of 1,946 from the baseline, as measured by the 2019 census.

To inform decisions on future education workforce planning I have commissioned an external modelling and research exercise which will allow all of the issues around workforce planning to be considered holistically and will help ensure we will have an education workforce in place that enables us to progress our commitments to reducing teachers’ class contact time, raising attainment overall, closing the poverty related attainment gap and improving additional support for learning, while delivering maximum value for money during an era where budgets continue to be under pressure as a result of UK Government austerity measures.

Question reference: S6W-23038

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of the number of accreditations awarded to individuals following their completion of the Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice programme in each year since its launch compared with the number of applications received for the programme, and what its conclusions were of any such assessment.

Due to the required criteria of gaining a place on the GTCS Professional Recognition Programme for Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice each year has a number of unsuccessful applications. However due to the very high standard of applications for the 2023-24 Cohort 3 programme this was taken into consideration and the number of available spaces was increased from 35 to 70. Increasing the number of teachers who are supported through the programme, supports the growing community of practice across Scotland in dyslexia and inclusive practice. Programme participants share their deepened knowledge and understanding with their colleagues in their settings as they progress through and complete the programme.

Education Scotland provide a range of free professional learning opportunities on dyslexia, literacy and inclusive practice that is available to all educators in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-23037

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many accreditations have been issued to individuals following their completion of the Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice programme in cohort 2 (2022-23).

Question reference: S6O-02836

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support the arts and culture sector in Glasgow.

Question reference: S6F-02596

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2023

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that some young people are leaving school struggling to read.

Question reference: S6O-02772

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Low Emission Zones do not have any negative impact on disabled people and carers.

Question reference: S6W-22508

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18182 by Jenny Gilruth on 9 June 2023, when it expects that the evaluation of Education Scotland's Maths Recovery Pilot will be published.

Question reference: S6W-22352

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of pupils currently reach the expected standard in maths in (a) P1 and (b) P7.

The latest information on the percentage of pupils who reached the expected standard in numeracy in P1 and P7 is available in Table 1 of the Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels (ACEL) publication which can be found on the Scottish Government website: www.gov.scot/publications/achievement-curriculum-excellence-cfe-levels-2021-22/

Note that these figures relate to numeracy as opposed to mathematics.

Question reference: S6O-02682

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much grant funding it provides directly to each of Scotland’s botanic gardens annually.