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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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  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
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  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 20 August 2025
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Question reference: S4W-16664

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many people failed to complete the 2013 Higher Mathematics exam.

Question reference: S4W-16668

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decline in the number of passes in Higher Mathematics in 2013, what its position is on statements suggesting that the 2013 Higher results are the "best ever".

Question reference: S4W-16658

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the pass mark was for each Higher Mathematics grade in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.

Question reference: S4W-16662

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the 2013 Higher Mathematics papers were remarked and how this compares with each of the last three years.

Question reference: S4W-16661

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether additional people were hired to ensure that the 2013 Higher Mathematics papers were marked on time.

Question reference: S4W-16657

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many questions there have been in each Higher Mathematics paper in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S4W-16667

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government for which Higher grade subjects the pass mark at grades A, B or C were reduced in 2013 and what the reason was for each.

Question reference: S4W-16665

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the pass mark was for each grade in Advanced Higher Mathematics in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.

Question reference: S4W-16660

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many people marked the 2013 Higher Mathematics papers and when they were hired.

Question reference: S4W-16666

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Institute of Engineering and Technology's comment in relation to the decline in the number of passes in Advanced Higher Mathematics in 2013 that "economic prosperity could be at risk if more students did not successfully complete maths."