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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

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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 9 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37301

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much public money Scottish Enterprise has distributed to companies that have export licences permitting them to sell arms and/or other military technology in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6O-04663

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the NHS and local authorities to support disabled people and carers in the North East Scotland region.

Question reference: S6O-04662

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress towards a national smart ticketing scheme for public transport.

Question reference: S6W-37331

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland’s Railway has experienced any delays in awarding contracts to suppliers in the last two years; if so, what the reasons were for any such delays, and whether any scheduled rail projects were delayed as a result.

Question reference: S6W-37393

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what contracts have been awarded in the development of the NHS Scotland app.

Question reference: S6W-37471

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25968 by Jenni Minto on 18 March 2024, whether it still anticipates that the Primary Care Data and Intelligence platform will be delivered by March 2026, and whether it will include data on the number of people in Scotland with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Question reference: S6W-37294

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the time limit for potential judicial review regarding planning consent in Scotland is 12 weeks, in light of it reportedly being six weeks in England.

Question reference: S6W-37278

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reasons for the reported 26% decline in new-build rental construction over the past year, and what actions are being taken to address this.

Question reference: S6W-37178

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that any changes to practice that may be required by NHS boards are undertaken in order that women who wish to be treated by other women, based on biological sex, can be treated in that way.

Question reference: S6W-37686

  • Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the future location of the Registrar of Independent Schools following the decision to refocus Education Scotland.