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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 3 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-06838

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many care and repair schemes are in operation in each local authority.

Question reference: S6W-06839

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to care and repair schemes.

Question reference: S6W-06842

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many new-build houses have been built by each local authority in each year since 1992, broken down by council tax band.

Question reference: S6W-06834

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform the children’s hearing system, in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-06776

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any delays within the construction industry in (a) general and (b) relation to (i) workforce and (ii) material shortages, and what action it is taking to mitigate the impact of any delays on the construction of social housing.

Question reference: S6W-06771

  • Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the Falkirk East constituency are currently receiving new benefits through Social Security Scotland, and what the average amount of benefits being received is.

Question reference: S6W-06775

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many households have received money from the £500,000 of funding to help pay for the installation of interlinked fire alarms.

Question reference: S6W-06741

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it will progress plans to reopen Thornhill railway station, in light of the station not being included in the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 that has been issued for consultation.

Question reference: S6W-06821

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) local authorities and (b) integration joint boards have received to tackle homelessness in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-06687

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all ferry operators in Scotland and the collective bargaining arrangements in place at each company.