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: S6W-22204
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21418 by Jenny Gilruth on 9 October 2023, what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding (a) whether pupils who have received a free laptop or other digital device will receive a replacement device should theirs break, (b) how swiftly any such replacement will be made available and (c) whether it or the local authority meets the cost of any such replacement.
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Question reference: S6O-02724
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding its north east pilot not to investigate crimes if that is deemed a proportionate response by the service.
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Question reference: S6W-22501
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the creation of a national digital academy.
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Question reference: S6W-22502
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been to date of its development of the national digital academy, and what the projected final cost will be.
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Question reference: S6W-22202
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15474 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2023, how much of the £13 million allocated in its Budget 2023-24 has been allocated to date; which local authorities have received funding; what proportion of the allocated funding each local authority received; whether there is any remaining funding to allocate, and, if so, (a) when and (b) to which local authorities any such remaining funding will be allocated.
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Question reference: S6W-22203
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15474 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2023, how much of the £140 million to support the roll-out of digital devices in the Capital Spending Review has been allocated to date; how much will be allocated before May 2026, and when it expects it will be allocated; which local authorities will receive funding before May 2026, and what proportion of the funding each of those local authorities will receive.
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Question reference: S6W-22168
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15089 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2023, when, in the remainder of 2023, it plans to complete and publish the Investment Plan outlined in its publication, Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045, Tackling the Nature Emergency in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22500
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to launch the national digital academy.
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Question reference: S6W-22060
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have local digital learning strategies.
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Question reference: S6W-22059
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 3 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21422 by Jenny Gilruth on 4 October 2023, when the digital strategy for education will be published, and which organisations and stakeholders are contributing to it.
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