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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 22 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-15660

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15659

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15675

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Community Safety has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15592

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it (a) measures and (b) tracks expenditure from its mental health budget.

Question reference: S6W-15590

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of people resident in Scotland who have undergone forced marriages abroad in each year for which data is available.

Question reference: S6W-15610

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will update its guidance on noise limits and amplitude modulation, as recommended in the WSP publication, A Review of Noise Guidance for Onshore Wind Turbines: Project Report, published in October 2022 on behalf of the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-15231

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has (a) attended and (b) chaired meetings of the Cladding Stakeholder Group.

Question reference: S6W-15750

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in spring 2023 in the Highlands and Islands region in response to reported figures from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service stating that, between March and April 2022, 95 incidents of wildfires were recorded across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-15664

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Drugs Policy has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15611

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, as it applies to Scotland, to the WSP publication, A Review of Noise Guidance for Onshore Wind Turbines: Project Report, published in October 2022 on behalf of the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.