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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-01624
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2016
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mark McDonald on 26 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its report on the recent consultation on whether there should be new offences for employers under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-01120
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will engage with employers on the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5F-00133
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2016
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that school leavers gain a place at college or university or gain employment, training or an apprenticeship place.
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Question reference: S5W-00608
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff NHS Fife employs, and how this compares with September 2006.
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Question reference: S5W-00737
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 June 2016
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the additional data published by the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS) on 10 June 2016 clarifying that the scope of its undergraduate scheme for providers in Scotland increased in 2015 to include courses previously recruited through the postgraduate UCAS Teacher Training scheme and there has been variability in the recording of very late acceptances from cycle to cycle.
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Question reference: S5O-00041
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of headteachers in Fife secondary schools is female, and how this compares with the overall figure for the rest of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00013
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve children's health and fitness.
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Question reference: S5W-00288
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 8 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how the most recent figures for modern apprenticeship starts compare to those in 2006-07, broken down by local authority.