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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.

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Question reference: S6O-02424

Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how the latest Building a New Scotland paper advances its prospectus for independence.

Question reference: S6O-02443

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which parts of the independent review of the skills delivery landscape it plans to implement.

Question reference: S6O-02447

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to end the marking and assessment boycott in Scottish universities.

Question reference: S6O-02441

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that prolonging phase 3 of the Learning Estate Investment Programme will further delay the delivery of a primary school in the Western Gateway area of Dundee.

Question reference: S6O-02440

Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the role that the third sector plays in supporting education and developing skills.

Question reference: S6O-02425

Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the latest paper in the Building a New Scotland series, for what reasons it considers that an independent Scotland would need a written constitution.

Question reference: S6O-02429

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to "support the constitutional protection of the specific interests and needs of island communities", as outlined in its latest Building a New Scotland paper.

Question reference: S6W-19204

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to progress the Good Food Nation programme of work, in light of the passing of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 a year ago.

The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023 were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 16 June 2023. These regulations will bring into force most of the provisions in the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 that relate to the national Plan. These include sections relating to the preparation of the Plan and the requirements for inclusive communication, which enables us to go out to public consultation on the first national Good Food Nation Plan this summer.

Other sections that will come into force this December relate to giving Parliament the chance to have its say on the Good Food Nation Plan and will begin the cycle of reporting and reviewing of future Good Food Nation Plans. Finally, Section 6 which relates to the effect of the national Plan, will be commenced in separate regulations at the time of the publication of the final Plan in late 2024.

It remains the Scottish Government's intention to undertake public consultation on the Good Food Nation Plan this summer and to then lay the draft national Good Food Nation Plan before Parliament in 2024. We expect the final version will be published later in 2024, when the Food Commission is to be established. Good Food Nation Plans that are to be prepared by Local Authorities and Health Boards will follow in 2025.

Question reference: S6W-18896

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much central and core funding has been allocated to Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs in each year since 2014.

Central and core funding are the same funding category, therefore, the funding provided below excludes funding related to specific projects. Core funding allocated to Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs is presented in the table below. Information prior to 2017-18 is unavailable as it was deleted in accordance with our standard records management practice, before the date of your request. Therefore, core funding allocated to the Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs from 2018-19 has been provided.

Funding allocated in financial year 2021/22 has been provided, however it is also publicly available at:

National Mission on Drugs: annual report 2021 to 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Table: Total funding allocated to Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs by financial year, from 2018-19 to 2022-23

Financial Year	Funding Allocated
2018-19	£108,735
2019-20	£160,000
2020-21	£160,000
2021-22	£160,000
2022-23	£168,000
Total	£756,735

Source: Scottish Government Enterprise Accounting System (SEAS) records.

Question reference: S6W-19156

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities currently employ a Childminding Development Officer.

Childminding Development Officers (CDOs) are employees of the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) who work with Local Authorities where contracts exist between the relevant Local Authority and the SCMA.

The SCMA currently employ 9 CDOs, two of whom are Senior CDOs, spanning 9 Local Authority areas, including; Aberdeen, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Lothian.