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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for ��˿�� to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S5O-00738

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform personal and social health education, in light of evidence presented to the Education and Skills Committee on 22 February 2017.

Question reference: S5F-00952

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2017

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S5W-06777

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00613 by Angela Constance on 1 February 2017 (Official Report, c. 7), when it will publish the written response to the Time for Inclusive Education campaign pledge.

Question reference: S5F-00869

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2017

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S5F-00826

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2017

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S5W-06207

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the impact on voluntary organisations of Agnew Document Solutions going into administration, and whether it is in a position to offer any assistance.

Based on information from Companies House Register, Agnew Document Solutions does not appear to be in administration and the Scottish Government does not have any further information on the current status of the company. Scottish Government has not been approached directly by any voluntary organisation in relation to this company.

In this context the Scottish Government is not in a position to provide information on the impact on voluntary organisations.

Question reference: S5O-00613

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Time for Inclusive Education campaign pledge, which calls for LGBTI-inclusive education.

Question reference: S5W-06029

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the staff-to-child ratios in (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary early years childcare providers and whether it is considering taking action to make this data more robust.

Question reference: S5W-06027

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 20 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many people provide early years childcare services, broken down by people employed by (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary providers, and what information it has regarding their levels of qualifications.

Data on how many people provide early years childcare services, broken down by people employed by (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary providers, published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) at: .

Scottish Government has some information, provided by SSSC and based on SSSC registration data as at September 2016, regarding the levels of qualifications among staff employed in daycare of children. It shows the number of workers who are still working towards the qualification required for their job function, broken down by local authority and provider sector. By implication, we assume that the remaining workers are qualified at least to the level required for their job function. The minimum qualification level for each job function is as follows:

Care workers in supporting roles are required by the terms of registration to hold or be working towards a relevant practice degree at SCQF level 6/SVQ level 2 (e.g. National Certificate) or above

Care workers in roles with more responsibility (i.e. practitioners) are required by regulation to hold or work towards at least a relevant degree at SCQF level 7/SVQ level 3 (or comparable)

Managers of daycare services need to hold or be working towards a relevant university degree and practice qualification.

The information on the number of workers who are still working towards the qualification required for their job function is shown in the following table. Where the headcount of a grouping is very small, cells have been suppressed (indicated by *). Note that these data only refer to workers who are registered with SSSC; this will exclude teachers.

��	Daycare for children workers with a qualification condition

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Managers

Practitioners

Support

Local authority	Local authority settings	Partner provider settings	Non-funded (LA)	Non-funded (P&V)	Local authority settings	Partner provider settings	Non-funded (LA)	Non-funded (P&V)	Local authority settings	Partner provider settings	Non-funded (LA)	Non-funded (P&V)
Aberdeen City	*	44	*	50	10	76	*	78	*	86	13	184
Aberdeenshire	*	83	*	36	27	154	16	65	6	126	45	70
Angus	*	25	0	*	4	35	*	8	21	21	0	21
Argyll & Bute	*	14	0	*	12	24	*	*	16	24	0	10
Clackmannanshire	*	*	*	*	*	10	*	6	*	*	0	*
Dumfries & Galloway	0	40	*	*	7	66	*	9	36	25	0	*
Dundee City	15	23	*	29	7	41	*	36	10	46	*	89
East Ayrshire	6	*	*	9	*	5	*	11	7	*	0	*
East Dunbartonshire	*	16	*	27	6	34	*	48	9	22	20	41
East Lothian	*	17	0	*	7	63	0	42	19	22	*	11
East Renfrewshire	9	5	*	20	3	8	*	35	46	*	18	48
City of Edinburgh	10	104	*	139	24	295	*	197	50	194	*	308
Eilean Siar	*	*	*	0	20	6	*	0	*	*	0	0
Falkirk	*	6	0	19	*	17	*	18	28	*	*	40
Fife	*	47	8	19	27	70	73	40	227	33	18	17
Glasgow City	34	86	*	124	15	141	*	184	25	108	7	189
Highland	*	33	*	22	132	110	6	59	11	19	*	73
Inverclyde	7	*	*	7	*	5	*	*	17	*	*	*
Midlothian	*	23	*	32	*	52	*	53	13	35	*	23
Moray	0	13	0	6	*	41	0	8	12	20	0	5
North Ayrshire	*	12	0	*	6	22	0	5	*	11	0	16
North Lanarkshire	9	21	*	36	13	56	7	62	8	27	0	26
Orkney Islands	0	*	0	*	6	*	0	0	*	*	0	0
Perth & Kinross	*	32	*	19	6	41	6	49	40	32	13	34
Renfrewshire	9	33	*	34	8	67	*	22	12	54	*	48
Scottish Borders	*	22	*	*	8	49	*	6	17	25	*	21
Shetland Islands	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
South Ayrshire	*	7	*	11	*	13	*	30	17	*	0	31
South Lanarkshire	5	35	*	35	8	110	*	50	25	37	*	49
Stirling	19	11	*	13	21	36	*	16	16	*	*	21
West Dunbartonshire	7	9	*	*	*	23	*	16	14	18	9	9
West Lothian	0	8	*	42	*	20	*	68	52	16	*	34
Scotland Averages	164	787	70	832	400	1697	124	1230	772	1068	158	1434

Question reference: S5W-06028

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 20 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is using birth-rate data to plan its phased expansion of childcare provision and, if so, how.

Scottish Government is using National Records of Scotland (NRS) population projections for planning the Early Learning and Childcare expansion, and in particular for estimating the number of children who will be eligible. NRS population projections take into account the expected number of births by multiplying the average number of women at each single year of age during the year by the fertility rate applicable to them during that year.