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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 15 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37593

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 19 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36629 by John Swinney on 3 April 2025, how much funding it anticipates will be made available for public spending in 2025-26 as a result of the decision to equalise the MSP element of minsters' salary with that of MSPs who are not currently serving ministers. 

Question reference: S6W-37533

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funds it has created since the start of the current parliamentary session to support the tourism sector.

Question reference: S6W-37534

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is its policy to create a Scottish food agency.

Question reference: S6W-37539

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on city region and regional growth deals in the current parliamentary session to date, and how much it estimates it will have spent in total by the end of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6W-37354

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it measures progress against its economic objectives.

Question reference: S6W-37351

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a complete list of its economic objectives.

Question reference: S6W-37352

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what economic objectives and targets it has adopted or discarded since 2015.

Question reference: S6W-37353

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what quantitative economic targets it has.

Question reference: S6W-37350

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to measure its progress against any economic objectives for which it has not specified a timeline or quantitative target.

Question reference: S6W-37535

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on emerging energy technologies funds in the current parliamentary session to date.