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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 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6O-01840

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on culture organisations in Scotland of the UK Government Levelling Up funding.

Question reference: S6O-01853

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its action to recruit more foster carers.

Question reference: S6O-01855

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle bullying in schools.  

Question reference: S6O-01849

To ask the Scottish Government what specific training is provided to help serving police officers deal with members of the public who have mental health issues.

Question reference: S6O-01859

To ask the Scottish Government what recent meetings it has had with Universities Scotland to discuss gender-based violence in higher education.

Question reference: S6O-01857

To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring is undertaken to ensure that any commitments made to tertiary education are delivered.  

Question reference: S6O-01848

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-13998

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the total budget allocated to its GlobalScot network for each year since it was established.

Question reference: S6W-13975

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Risk Management Committee, which oversees its national frameworks for the Supply of Electricity and Supply of Natural Gas, last met to review its decision to temporarily suspend the on-boarding of all new customers, and what it concluded.

Question reference: S6W-13945

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13457 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, whether the national induction framework for social care staff has targets attached to it, and, if so, what these are.