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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: S6W-21364

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Audit Scotland's report, Scotland's colleges 2023.

Question reference: S6W-21369

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with the Scottish Funding Council to support colleges in planning for change and how to make best use of their funding.

A Tripartite Alignment Group has been established to foster close, partnership working between the Scottish Government, the Scottish Funding Council and Colleges Scotland.

The purpose of this group is to focus on urgent pressures facing colleges and put in place the building blocks to tackle more complex, systemic issues which will be the subject of the wider programme of reform expressed through the Withers Review and underpinned by the Purpose and Principles.

Following on from recommendations made in recent reviews, the Scottish Government has also set out in the Programme for Government its intention to lead the development of a new funding model for post-school education provision. We will work closely with colleges, and others, in determining how we can use funding allocations to deliver improved outcomes.

Question reference: S6W-20919

Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for battery storage sites have been rejected by the Energy Consents Unit between 2013 and 2023.

Question reference: S6W-21479

Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has budgeted for the education and advisory services that are being proposed in the Agriculture Bill.

Since 2016, the Scottish Government have provided approximately £5M each year for high-quality, high demand advisory services in Scotland.

We cannot confirm funding beyond each financial year, due to Scotland being removed from the EU, and the UK Government refusing to offer long term funding guarantees.

Despite these challenges, we have consulted on the need to maintain delivery of advisory services.

Question reference: S6W-21464

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that the physical survey of the NHS estate for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete will be complete, and when the results will be published.

Question reference: S6W-21354

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make changes to the General Revenue Grant if its proposals to change the council tax multipliers for properties in bands E to H are implemented, and, if so, what effect this would have on the distribution of funding among different local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-21370

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how often it meets with the Scottish Funding Council, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the dates of its meetings with the Scottish Funding Council since August 2021.

Question reference: S6O-02611

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the V&A Dundee has generated £304 million for the Scottish economy over the last five years, whether it will be pursuing any further joint projects with UK institutions.

Question reference: S6O-02613

Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its timeframe is for the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Scotland’s Early Learning and School Age Childcare Profession.

Question reference: S6O-02608

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve rail services in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.