Portfolio Questions

Education and Skills

Finlay Carson S5O-04873
1. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on closing the attainment gap between pupils from the most and least deprived backgrounds.

Annie Wells
2. [Not Lodged]

Fulton MacGregor S5O-04875
3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support schools in safely facilitating instrumental music tuition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colin Smyth
4. [Not Lodged]

Richard Lyle
5. [Not Lodged]

Johann Lamont S5O-04878
6. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported decreasing trend in specialist support staff in schools.

James Kelly S5O-04879
7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that school pupils in areas of social deprivation will not be unfairly affected by the cancellation of exams.

Maureen Watt S5O-04880
8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 testing measures in primary and secondary schools.


Health and Sport

Miles Briggs S5O-04881

1. To ask the Scottish Government what impact any reduction in residential drug rehabilitation treatments has had on recovery rates and the level of drug-related deaths.

Anas Sarwar S5O-04882
2. To ask the Scottish Government when cancer services will be fully restored.

Jamie Halcro Johnston S5O-04883
3. To ask the Scottish Government what additional support the NHS will require over the first quarter of 2021.

Alasdair Allan S5O-04884
4. To ask the Scottish Government what issues will be covered in its upcoming review of the Patient Travelling Expenses Scheme.

David Torrance S5O-04885
5. To ask the Scottish Government how important it considers grassroots-level sport is to the health and wellbeing of communities.

Alexander Stewart S5O-04886
6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce coronary heart disease mortality rates across all NHS boards.

Alex Rowley S5O-04887
7. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine across the country.

Tom Arthur S5O-04888
8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that care home residents who are unable to go outside can still meet friends and family.


Communities and Local Government

Stewart Stevenson S5O-04889
1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency to help take families out of poverty.

Brian Whittle S5O-04890
2. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to preserving community organisations and activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Ruth Maguire S5O-04891
3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve housing outcomes for women experiencing domestic abuse.

Sarah Boyack S5O-04892
4. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on giving financial recognition to people working in local government during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as agreed at the recent COSLA Leaders meeting.

Rhoda Grant S5O-04893
5. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to the calls for young people living on Scotland's islands to be given first refusal for available housing in order to tackle depopulation.

John Scott S5O-04894
6. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of South Ayrshire Council and what was discussed.

Jenny Marra S5O-04895
7. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with third sector organisations in Dundee working in the field of drug addiction.

Dean Lockhart S5O-04896
8. To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities regarding their duty to consult before important changes to services are made.