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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 25 August 2025
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Question reference: S5W-09675

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to (a) prevent spatial segregation in urban areas, (b) monitor areas that are at risk of segregation and (c) tackle existing segregation in cities, particularly in areas where ethnic minorities represent a higher percentage of the population.

Question reference: S5W-09676

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that (a) schools and other educational institutions and (b) childcare facilities are used to their full potential, particularly in urban areas where ethnic minorities represent a higher percentage of the population.

Question reference: S5O-01121

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent figures are for the uptake of the Young Scot National Entitlement Card.

Question reference: S5F-01338

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2017

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to help people with arthritis who are struggling to work.

Question reference: S5O-01039

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5O-01014

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use its share of the UK Apprenticeship Levy.

Question reference: S5F-01264

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 May 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2017

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to better resource planning authorities, in light of an increase in planning fees for major applications from 1 June 2017.

Question reference: S5O-00961

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on the provision of minor injuries units in communities.

Question reference: S5W-08884

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its long-term strategy is with regard to 18- to 21-year-olds having access to housing benefit.

Question reference: S5W-08883

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of its research into barriers to engagement and the role of community councils in planning.