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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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 17 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19602

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding statistics that it records and holds, how it categorises Hong Kong BNO visa holders resident in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-19280

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17755 by Jenny Gilruth on 16 May 2023, whether it will provide details of the outcome of the discussions with the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs on the points raised.

Question reference: S6W-19731

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Dance Base since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19470

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of increased mortgage rates on the Scottish economy.

Question reference: S6W-19735

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with the Federation of Scottish Theatre since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19682

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that West Lothian Council has requested financial assistance from the Scottish Government to assist with the removal of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, whether any other (a) public sector and (b) private sector bodies have contacted the Scottish Government about this.

Question reference: S6W-19653

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will launch an internal review to consider the reasons that the number of approved homes as part of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme has reportedly dropped by 50% since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-18646

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Scottish Prison Service's gender identity and gender reassignment policy, which potentially allows for males who have been convicted of violent offences against other males to be placed in a female establishment, what evidence it has regarding whether males who commit violent offences against other males only commit such offences against males.

Question reference: S6W-19379

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether hotels are exempt from the Building Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2022 regarding fire safety and cladding.

Question reference: S6W-19728

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Edinburgh International Book Festival since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.