Portfolio Questions

Education and Skills Jeremy Balfour S6O-03134 1. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to provide access to life skills programmes for disabled young people. Mark Griffin S6O-03135 2. To ask the Scottish Government to where within the education budget it reallocated any unused funds for teaching bursaries in 2023-24. Audrey Nicoll S6O-03136 3. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with representatives of the college sector. Keith Brown S6O-03137 4. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with colleges and trade unions regarding pay in the further education sector. Beatrice Wishart S6O-03138 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on nursery-age childcare funding provision. Finlay Carson 6. [Withdrawn] Rona Mackay S6O-03140 7. To ask the Scottish Government how it will encourage the uptake of foreign languages at primary and secondary schools. Rachael Hamilton S6O-03141 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the open letter sent to MSPs from over 120 colleges, businesses and trade unions, on 5 February, urgently asking for the reinstatement of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund for Scotland’s colleges, which has been removed from the draft Budget for 2024-25.