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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 4 July 2025
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Question reference: S6O-04747

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of serious assaults committed by teenagers has increased in the past five years.

Question reference: S6O-04754

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it is providing to teachers to help deal with behaviour in classrooms.

Question reference: S6O-04745

  • Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to modernise family law and ensure the efficient functioning of the civil court system.

Question reference: S6O-04740

  • Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the impact of the MalDent Project on oral health policy in Malawi.

Question reference: S6O-04742

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any further plans to widen its review into Creative Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-04739

  • Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the constitution secretary last met, and will next meet, with UK Government ministers.

Question reference: S6O-04746

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the Caledonian System.

Question reference: S6O-04743

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic importance of festivals to local communities.

Question reference: S6O-04750

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its commitment that no young person under the age of 18 should be imprisoned, what discussions it has had with the Scottish Sentencing Council regarding reviewing the Sentencing young people guideline, which states that all sentencing options, including imprisonment, remain open to the court.

Question reference: S6O-04751

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on funding for the CashBack for Communities programme.