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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: S6O-02516

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the recommendation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to "develop statutory guidance on the use of restraint on children to ensure that it is used only as a measure of last resort and exclusively to prevent harm to the child or others and monitor its implementation".

Question reference: S6W-20386

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the support offered by Business Gateway, since 2018-19, by (a) sector, (b) business size and (c) whether the business is a start-up or existing business.

Question reference: S6O-02464

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the change in public sector full-time equivalent headcount has been in the last 12 months across all devolved areas.

Question reference: S6W-20279

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to promote the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme, and how many businesses have applied for support from the scheme to date.

Our website at www.scotlandsuperfast.com is the main means of publicising the R100 programme, of which the R100 Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (SBVS) is a key component. In addition, we publicise the R100 SBVS via the press, social media, and through continued stakeholder engagement activity across Scotland. We remain actively engaged with all 32 Local Authorities – including through a series of quarterly meetings with a network of Single Points of Contact – to ensure they are fully aware of any developments around the R100 SBVS, as well as other elements of the wider R100 programme. We also provide registered suppliers with a suite of SBVS promotional tools that they can use to conduct their own promotion of the scheme.

As of 1 August 2023, a total of 286 businesses have had connections delivered through utilisation of R100 SBVS vouchers, with a further 32 businesses in the pipeline.

Question reference: S6W-20278

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in the Edinburgh Southern constituency have applied for support from the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-20013

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what active strategies it has in place to reduce roads deaths, and what evaluation has been carried out into the effectiveness of any such strategies.

The Scottish Government, in conjunction with road safety partners, developed a world leading Road Safety Framework to 2030 (RSF 2030) which was published in 2021 and sets out a compelling long-term goal for road safety, where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads by 2050.

The journey to achieving this goal also includes ambitious interim targets where the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads will be halved by 2030.

The delivery of the RSF 2030 is monitored through the three-tier structure of the framework governance and reported through its annual delivery plans .

The Scottish Government and our partners are committed to road safety and never complacent. We are resolute in our determination to save lives and meet the long-term goal set out in the framework.

Question reference: S6W-20113

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has done any work to ascertain how many tour operators have removed guaranteed departure products as a result of the reported disruptions to CalMac-operated ferry services.

Question reference: S6W-20052

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the number of (a) graduate, (b) foundation and (c) modern apprenticeships by (i) occupational grouping and (ii) employer size in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-20049

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the integration of the Skills 4.0 model into work-based learning and the broader skills and education systems.

The Scottish Government recognises the importance equipping people of all ages and stages of life with the knowledge, skills and attributes to thrive in the 21 st Century. This forms a core part of all post-school pathways, including apprenticeships, and is reflected in the recently published Purpose and Principles for post-school education, research and skills, as well as underpinning the Curriculum for Excellence. Our overarching programme of education and skills reform will continue to ensure that we have a system that is fit for the future.

Question reference: S6W-20051

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its Skills and Training budget detailing (a) resources committed per programme, (b) staffing costs and (c) capital costs in each of the last five years.

A breakdown of the Skills and Training budget is set out in the Scottish Government’s annual budget publications:

Scottish Budget 2023-2024

Scottish Budget 2022-2023

Scottish Budget 2021-2022

Scottish Budget 2020-2021

Scottish Budget 2019-2020

The Skills and Training budget consists of funding for Skills Development Scotland, Education Maintenance Allowance, Employability and Skills.

The largest proportion of the Skills and Training budget funds Skills Development Scotland, who publish a breakdown of spend, including resource, staffing and capital costs in their annually published Accounts:

2021-22

2020-21

2019-20

Accounts for 2022-23 and 2023-24 are not yet available and will be published on the SDS website when they have been audited and laid in parliament.