George Adam

6 Dec 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the impact on the Scottish economy of the UK Government's Brexit strategy.

8 Nov 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the implications on the justice system are of leaving the EU.

13 Sep 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how culture can be used as a means to promote towns and provide a sense of community.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government places great importance on Culture and Heritage as they make an invaluable contribution to our quality of life and wellbeing, bringing real social and economic benefits to people and our communities, towns and villages. Creative Scotla…

31 Aug 2016 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government what changes have been made to parliamentary liaison officer appointments following changes to the Ministerial Code.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: The First Minister has made changes to the appointed parliamentary liaison officers (PLOs) following the recent update of the Ministerial code. The revised list of PLOs are set out in the following table. PLOs will assist in developing and maintaining a posit…

30 Aug 2016 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is the First Minister’s intention to publish a new edition of the Scottish Ministerial Code.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: In line with the convention that the Scottish Ministerial Code is revised both at the commencement of each new Parliamentary term and following the appointment of a new First Minister, the 2016 edition will be published today. The Code, which was last revised…

30 Aug 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how sport can help improve health, education and wellbeing.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: There is clear evidence to show the value of sport and physical activity in improving physical and mental health. That is why we are committed to getting more people more active, more often. But we also know that being active improves education outcomes. A re…

26 May 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of (a) school pupils and (b) college students in deprived areas receives support from the Education Maintenance Allowance Programme.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) Programme aims to provide support for young people aged 16 to 19 from low income families to overcome financial barriers to stay on in post-16 education, either in school or on a further education (FE) college course.…

26 May 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to the Scottish Funding Council in each of the last three years to support additional funded places at universities, also broken down by the number of places allocated.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The funding provided by the Scottish Funding Council in the last three years is set out in Table 1: Table 1: Year Funding for Additional Places 2013-14 £21,246,897 2014-15 £19,998,224 2015-16 £19,482,699 Total £60,727,820 The breakdown by the n…

7 Mar 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting the "Daily Mile" in schools.

29 Feb 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact in Scotland would be of the UK leaving the EU.

15 Feb 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the police are doing to tackle noise nuisance in domestic properties.

11 Jan 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in encouraging the use of Scottish produce in schools.

Answer · Marco Biagi: Following the introduction of Scotland’s first national food and drink policy in 2009, the Scottish Government provided specific guidance, Catering for Change – Buying food sustainably in the public sector, which is now embedded into today’s public procuremen…

8 Jan 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of school leavers have gone on to positive destinations in each year since 2006-07.

Answer · Angela Constance: The latest published school leaver initial destinations statistics were released by Skills Development Scotland on 16 December 2015 and can be found at the following link: https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/40707/national-school-leaver-initial…

5 Jan 2016 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government who it engaged with in developing the national improvement framework and whether it will publish the feedback received.

Answer · Angela Constance: Since the publication of the draft national improvement framework, we have undertaken extensive consultation, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including over 5,000 teachers, parents, children and young people, local authority representatives, acade…

5 Jan 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister how many children receive free school meals.

7 Dec 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle poverty.

9 Nov 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Answer · Maureen Watt: We recognise the great importance that achieving a healthy work-life balance has for a great many people in Scotland. Although the legal powers governing flexible working are currently reserved to Westminster, the Scottish Government recognises it has an imp…

26 Oct 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the rollout of superfast broadband.

19 Oct 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how town centres could benefit from business rates being set by local authorities.

28 Sep 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its plans are progressing to build a national film studio.

21 Sep 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how the planned changes to subsidies for onshore windfarms will affect developments in Scotland.

7 Sep 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how the growth of Japanese knotweed is controlled.

2 Sep 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish-domiciled students have been accepted by Scottish universities for 2015-16 and how many have been accepted by their (a) first and (b) second choice university and how many have been placed through clearing.

Answer · Angela Constance: The latest data on acceptances to higher education institutions (HEIs) across the UK are Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) data as at 15 days after A-level results day 2015. At that stage, the number of Scottish domiciled applicants accepte…

24 Aug 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent admission by the UK Government that it used fake quotes to promote its benefit sanctions regime in Scotland and across the UK.

18 Aug 2015 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the Registrar General will publish his annual report for 2014.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: Scotland’s Population 2014: the Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends will be published on 20 August 2015. The report contains information about births, deaths and marriages during the year, together with other demographic information. A cop…

17 Aug 2015 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend the Attainment Scotland Fund beyond the local authorities that have already been announced.

Answer · Angela Constance: I am pleased to announce that we are expanding the Attainment Scotland fund to include an additional 57 primary schools across 14 local authority areas. Each of these 57 primary schools will receive funding from the Attainment Scotland fund. The schools have …

16 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how the commitment in its programme for government to extend provision of early learning and childcare to 30 hours per week compares with proposals in the Childcare Bill introduced by the UK Government.

Answer · Fiona McLeod: The policy statement supporting the UK Government's proposed Childcare Bill states that the bill will place a duty on the secretary of state to secure the equivalent of 30 hours of free childcare per week in each of 38 weeks in any year to eligible working pa…

16 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children will be eligible for 600 hours of early learning and childcare from August 2015.

Answer · Fiona McLeod: Over the course of the academic year we estimate that 135,111 will be eligible for funded early learning and childcare. This includes: 17,441 eligible 2 year olds 57,865 eligible 3 year olds 59,805 eligible 4 year olds

15 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many P1 to P3 pupils have received free school meals since universal provision was introduced, broken down by local authority area, and what the estimated saving has been for the pupils' families.

Answer · Fiona McLeod: The latest statistics on free school meal uptake were published on 17 June 2015 in the Scottish Government statistics publication - Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living, No. 5: 2015 Edition. Table 7 in the accompanying sup…

15 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children will be eligible for 600 hours of childcare from August 2015, and what information it has regarding how this compares with proposals in the Childcare Bill introduced by the UK Government.