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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 24 March 2026
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Question reference: S6O-05511

To ask the Scottish Government what training Social Security Scotland staff receive in supporting disabled people to be physically active. 

Question reference: S6O-05495

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6O-05483

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to restore salmon numbers in Scotland’s rivers.

Question reference: S6O-05512

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the support provided through Discretionary Housing Payments for households in the private rented sector that rely on Local Housing Allowance to pay their rents but face a shortfall due to LHA rates.

Question reference: S6O-05498

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on NHS Scotland of complications arising from surgeries carried out abroad by patients upon their return to Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-05486

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the procurement of marine protection vessels for Marine Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-05510

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on properties impacted by RAAC in Aberdeen.

Question reference: S6O-05492

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of available beds in Dr Gray's Hospital Elgin and throughout NHS Grampian facilities.

Question reference: S6O-05496

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the redress scheme, as recommended in the 2024 Hughes Report, to compensate people in Scotland who were harmed by sodium valproate. 

Question reference: S6O-05507

  • Current Status: Withdrawn