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: S4W-30250
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many under-16-year-olds have attended further education colleges in each of the last five years, also broken down by the number taking (a) academic and (b) training courses.
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Question reference: S4W-30241
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government which ICT public sector projects have gone over budget in each year since 2007, also broken down by the amount by which the initial estimate has been exceeded.
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Question reference: S4O-05699
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government whether it complies with its social justice policy objectives for self-funding older people in residential care to pay more than local authorities for the same care.
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Question reference: S4W-30247
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take action to reverse the (a) 150,000 reduction in the number of part-time students, (b) 74,000 reduction in the number of students aged over 25 in further education colleges between 2008-09 and 2013-14 and (c) 20,000 reduction in the number of places for under 16s in further education colleges between 2008-09 and 2010-11 that was recorded by Audit Scotland in its report, Scotland's colleges 2015, and, if so, what.
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Question reference: S4W-30238
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 16 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that mental health is given the same priority as physical health.
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Question reference: S4W-30396
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what training and support in attachment is available to everyone caring for very young looked-after children, including foster and kinship carers, adoptive parents and residential and early years staff.
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Question reference: S4W-30393
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is providing to develop and implement effective interventions in infant mental health across Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-30392
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in developing and funding training for tier 1 and 2 staff in the use of structured tools for identification and evaluation of the parent-child relationship as outlined in Infant Mental Health: A Guide for Practitioners: A Report of the Expert Working Group on Infant Mental Health.
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Question reference: S4W-30391
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to audit progress on establishing infant mental health as a core topic in the (a) curriculum and (b) post-qualification training of all people who work in children’s services.
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Question reference: S4W-30394
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what research is being conducted in Scotland to improve practice in relation to infant mental health and how learning from this work will be disseminated.