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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 2 August 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39681

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many oil and gas decommissioning firms it has supported financially in each of the last five years, and what the outcomes were.

Question reference: S6W-39688

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many community safety or outreach patrols it funded in 2024-25 to support drug users.

Question reference: S6W-39685

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what new evidence it has considered in reaffirming its reported opposition to nuclear energy generation.

Question reference: S6W-39680

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a full breakdown of how the £87 million transition fund related to Grangemouth refinery is being spent.

Question reference: S6W-39682

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any broader risks to Scotland's oil and gas supply chain from oil and decommissioning firm closures.

Question reference: S6W-39683

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it recently consulted businesses or trade unions before reiterating its reported opposition to nuclear energy.

Question reference: S6W-39689

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many drug-related deaths have occurred in public places in the last year, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-39686

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to disrupt the supply of valium-type drugs containing lethal compounds.

Question reference: S6W-39684

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the economic opportunity cost of its reported anti-nuclear policy since 2016.

Question reference: S6W-39679

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce drug testing of public waste water to better map so-called "hot spots".