Questions and answers
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: S5W-03760
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school home economics (a) teachers and (b) students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5O-00295
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will amend legislation to extend planning controls on changing premises into betting shops.
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Question reference: S5W-03514
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider reinstating the bursary for studying for an MSc in educational psychology, in light of the reported reduction in the number of applicants since it was removed in 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-03512
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported reduction in the number of (a) educational psychologists across local authorities and (b) applicants to MSc programmes in educational psychology.
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Question reference: S5W-03072
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much direct investment in college estates it has made in (a) real and (b) cash terms in each year since 2007, and how much it will provide in each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S5W-03070
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will provide in (a) real and (b) cash terms to the Scottish College for Educational Leadership in each of the next five years to support the "aspiring, new and experienced teachers" referred to in the Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-03069
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full- and (b) part-time college students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by gender.
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Question reference: S5W-03071
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will provide in (a) real and (b) cash terms in each of the next five years to make Educational Maintenance Allowance an entitlement in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-02731
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-29137 by Michael Matheson on 13 January 2016, what progress has been made on its commitment to amend legislation to extend planning controls on changing premises into betting shops.
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Question reference: S5W-02732
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out its response to each of the 11 recommendations for improving young people's mental health information, support and services that was put forward by the Scottish Youth Parliament as part of it's "Speak Your Mind" campaign and "Our Generation's Epidemic" report.