Portfolio Questions

Education and Skills Alex Rowley S5O-02027 1. To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to teachers in Fife regarding reports of over £2 million of reductions in the secondary school education budget. Ben Macpherson S5O-02028 2. To ask the Scottish Government what role the Education Maintenance Allowance plays in encouraging young people to stay on at school. Rhoda Grant S5O-02029 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage female pupils to consider enrolling in the STEM teaching initiative run by the universities of Dundee and the Highlands and Islands. James Kelly S5O-02030 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met officials from South Lanarkshire Council's Education Resources. Jamie Greene S5O-02031 5. To ask the Scottish Government what action schools take to protect children from knife crime. Rona Mackay S5O-02032 6. To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages people to consider becoming teachers in STEM subjects. Tavish Scott S5O-02033 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether any changes that will be introduced to the governance of education will be island-proofed. Anas Sarwar S5O-02034 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the EIS campaign, Value Education Value Teachers, which is calling for a restorative pay rise for teachers. James Dornan S5O-02035 9. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with COSLA regarding funding for increasing the provision of early learning and childcare to 1,140 hours per year. Mike Rumbles S5O-02036 10. To ask the Scottish Government when the education secretary last met the Director of Education and Children’s Services for Aberdeenshire Council. Ivan McKee S5O-02037 11. To ask the Scottish Government how it enshrines the rights of young people, and how it plans to further embed these. Colin Beattie S5O-02038 12. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the Newbattle High School Digital Centre of Excellence. Liz Smith S5O-02039 13. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities regarding the provision of music tuition in schools. Ash Denham S5O-02040 14. To ask the Scottish Government what response it has had from universities regarding the announcement that every institution will be provided with a toolkit to challenge violence on campus. Kenneth Gibson S5O-02041 15. To ask the Scottish Government how the education system is informed by the Scottish Enlightenment. Alexander Burnett S5O-02042 16. To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support young people with autism and Asperger's who are in mainstream education or who are seeking apprenticeships or other work placements. Kate Forbes S5O-02043 17. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on protecting young people's right to religious observance, education and freedom of religious belief in schools. Rachael Hamilton 18. [Withdrawn] Jenny Gilruth S5O-02045 19. To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used to assess schools for inclusion in the Scotland's Schools for the Future programme. Colin Smyth S5O-02046 20. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the provision of school meals during school holidays.