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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 9 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-23557

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how any Barnett consequential funding that it receives as a result of the UK Government’s policy of extending the 75% business rates relief for 2023-24 will be distributed.

Question reference: S6W-23618

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to work with (a) Police Scotland and (b) safeguarding stakeholders to improve data collection regarding abuse and neglect of older people, and for what reason such data is reportedly unavailable in Scotland but available in other parts of the UK.

Question reference: S6W-23565

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s mid-year registration data reports, which show that Scotland has the lowest recruitment rate of nursing and midwifery staff in the UK.

Question reference: S6W-23564

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) had to be hospitalised and (b) died as a result of paracetamol overdose in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Question reference: S6W-23606

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether additional resources are being provided to NHS Grampian to help manage any additional workload to support refugees and asylum seekers.

Question reference: S6W-23543

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the predicted extent of pollution of the Firth of Forth would be in the event that Grangemouth is affected by a major flood.

Question reference: S6W-23550

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) it and (b) NHS boards will start to formally record the number of dog attacks that result in hospitalisation.

Question reference: S6W-23536

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the governance review of the Clyde Marine Planning Partnership (CMPP), and which organisations are represented on the CMPP board as a result.

Question reference: S6W-23469

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many heat pump engineers it estimates there currently are in Scotland, and what support it will offer to the sector in order to train more engineers to (a) install and (b) maintain heat pumps.

Question reference: S6W-23308

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22468 by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023, whether it plans to provide an update on its consideration of the recommendations of the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland by the end of 2023.