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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To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Transport Scotland’s reported decision not to fund Smarter Choices, Smarter Places from April 2024, whether this funding will be allocated elsewhere, and, if so, where it will be allocated to.
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to schools regarding pupils changing their names and pronouns.
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours of outdoor exercise prisoners had, on average, per day, in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has approached any universities to lead the Centre of Teaching Excellence.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether the Court Custody and Prisoner Escort Services contract with GEOAmey stipulates that a penalty for poor performance is the cancellation of the contract and nationalisation of court custody and prisoner escort services.
To ask the Scottish Government how many Creative Scotland jobs have been (a) advertised and (b) filled in (i) Edinburgh, (ii) Glasgow and (iii) outside of Edinburgh and Glasgow in 2023.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Affordable Housing Supply Programme is fit for purpose, in light of its reported plans to halve the budget in real terms.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether GEOAmey is effectively fulfilling its obligations in its Court Custody and Prisoner Escort Services contract.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last used (a) external auditors and (b) independent review to consider whether the (i) Housing to 2040 strategy, (ii) 110,000 affordable housing supply target and (iii) Affordable Housing Supply Programme are achievable.
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) longest and (b) average time spent on remand was for people under the age of 18 in (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22, (iii) 2022-23 and (iv) 2023 to date.