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
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Question reference: S6W-27448
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on implementation of the Investor Panel's recommendation 14, and when the results of the exercise will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-27447
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on implementation of the Investor Panel's recommendation 9, and when the revised pipeline will be published.
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Question reference: S6O-03444
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is ensuring that those awarded public sector contracts and grants meet its Fair Work First requirements, including the payment of the real Living Wage.
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Question reference: S6W-27017
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the minutes of the Regulatory Review Group meeting of February 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27236
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17778 by Graeme Dey on 23 May 2023, whether it will provide updated information on how many (a) modern, (b) foundation and (c) graduate apprenticeship learning providers there have been since 2019-20, based on the latest information available.
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Question reference: S6W-27018
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects that Modern Apprenticeship contract awards for 2024-25 will take place.
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Question reference: S6W-27274
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 20 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many individual (a) employers and (b) learners used the Flexible Workforce Development Fund in each year since its inception in 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-27019
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to release funding to local authorities for the delivery of No One Left Behind in 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-26668
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when Modern Apprenticeship contract awards for 2024-25 new starts and in-training will be issued.
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Question reference: S6W-26681
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of each of the 10 recommendations published as part of the Career Review.