Portfolio Questions

Education and Skills Alexander Stewart S5O-01285 1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking regarding the charitable status of university commercial activities. Maree Todd S5O-01286 2. To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has with Inverness College UHI. Richard Lyle S5O-01287 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes when drafting educational documentation, equality monitoring and learning tools to ensure that showpeople are considered. Jeremy Balfour S5O-01288 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it will review its guidance on mobile phone use in primary schools. Claudia Beamish 5. [Not Lodged] Lewis Macdonald S5O-01290 6. To ask the Scottish Government how the number of teacher training places at the University of Aberdeen in the current academic year compares with last year. Gail Ross S5O-01291 7. To ask the Scottish Government how many foundation apprenticeships there are. Kezia Dugdale S5O-01292 8. To ask the Scottish Government how many care-experienced and accommodated young people are eligible for continuing care, and how this compares with the number receiving it. Jamie Greene S5O-01293 9. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that young people from Scotland are not limited in their ability to go to university. James Dornan S5O-01294 10. To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the respectme Anti-Bullying Week in November 2017 to help promote respect for LBGTI people in schools. Colin Smyth S5O-01295 11. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide additional funding for the Schools for the Future programme to allow phase 2 of the Dumfries Learning Town Project to go ahead. George Adam S5O-01296 12. To ask the Scottish Government how it is investing in supporting young people in Paisley. Ross Greer S5O-01297 13. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to recent research from Bath Spa University suggesting that exposure to high levels of organisational change without listening to the views of teachers is contributing to extremely poor working conditions for teachers in Scotland. Miles Briggs S5O-01298 14. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand the number of places at medical schools for Scottish-domiciled students. Kenneth Gibson S5O-01299 15. To ask the Scottish Government how the number of Higher exam passes in North Ayrshire in 2017 compared with 2016. Jackie Baillie 16. [Not Lodged] Oliver Mundell S5O-01301 17. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns of teachers regarding the curriculum for excellence and, in light of this, whether ministers consider it fit for purpose. Gordon Lindhurst S5O-01302 18. To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that schools are safe environments for pupils. Alexander Burnett S5O-01303 19. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Northern Alliance educational initiative. James Kelly S5O-01304 20. To ask the Scottish Government by what date the regional directors of education will be in place.