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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 MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 22 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-43135

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee on 14 January 2026, what records it holds of occasions, since 2021, on which a planning decision by a local authority was called in by the Scottish Ministers.

Question reference: S6W-43259

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42965 by Gillian Martin on 21 January 2026, whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy and/or (b) the Minister for Public Finance made a formal request to the First Minister to reallocate ministerial responsibility for determining consent decisions and, if so, whether it will confirm when this request was made and, if this took the form of a written request, whether it will publish this.

Question reference: S6W-43263

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the sustainability of third sector and charitable perinatal mental health services in rural areas, including the Scottish Borders, in light of reports that demand for specialist one-to-one counselling and therapy remains high but funding streams are increasingly focused on community-based provision.

Question reference: S6W-43261

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received support through the Fund to Leave since its launch.

Question reference: S6W-43266

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that any changes to funding criteria for mental health support do not disadvantage specialist services providing individual or family-based therapeutic interventions, particularly in rural and remote communities.

Question reference: S6W-43260

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will explore the potential to stock Scottish wines in the Parliament for use in hospitality and retail.

Question reference: S6W-43265

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has engaged with NHS Borders on the role that independent charitable perinatal mental health services play in supporting statutory services, and whether any options exist for direct or indirect NHS funding to support their continuation.

Question reference: S6W-43249

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08117 by Jenny Gilruth on 6 May 2022, whether the deliverables listed for the rail improvement project will be completed by the end of 2026; whether any are projected not to be completed, and, if so, which ones, and what the (a) original projected cost was and (b) current projected cost is of each deliverable.

Question reference: S6W-43244

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42938 by Neil Gray on 21 January 2026, what action it will take to address its inability to obtain this information, in light of the Audit Scotland report, Delayed discharges: A symptom of the challenges facing health and social care, which was published on 8 January 2026 and recommended that "the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), Healthcare Improvement Scotland, integration authorities and their partner NHS boards and councils, should...over the next 12 months, work together to develop and action an implementation plan to share learning and practice from digital solutions used for tackling delayed discharges, early intervention and prevention”.

Question reference: S6W-43264

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the impact on mothers, expectant mothers and partners in the Scottish Borders of the potential loss of long-established specialist perinatal mental health services that currently provide an alternative referral pathway alongside NHS provision.