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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 25 March 2026
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Question reference: S6O-05431

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the construction and operational timeline for the new HMP Highland.

Question reference: S6O-05428

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of access to justice services in rural areas.

Question reference: S6O-05433

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the prison estate is segregated by sex.

Question reference: S6O-05444

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the availability of permanent teaching posts for newly qualified teachers.

Question reference: S6O-05434

To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2026-27 supports the prevention of gender-based violence.

Question reference: S6O-05423

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose the scheduling of time for a ministerial statement on the written case for the Scottish Ministers and Lord Advocate in the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service policy for the management of transgender people in custody, including how many times women’s rights are mentioned.

Question reference: S6O-05430

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs last met with For Women Scotland to discuss the protection of women's sex-based rights.

Question reference: S6O-05448

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many new teachers, who qualified in the last three years, are now in permanent teaching posts.

Question reference: S6O-05447

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the establishment of the Centre for Teaching Excellence.

Question reference: S6O-05449

  • Current Status: Withdrawn