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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-16144

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will pause the COVID-19 Infection Survey, which helps to monitor the prevalence of long Covid, what assessment it has made of any potential impact of an absence of ONS data on the (a) diagnosis and (b) monitoring of cases of long Covid, and how it plans to mitigate any such impact.

Question reference: S6W-16334

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to local authorities to promote the teaching of the Scots language.

Question reference: S6W-16329

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers have been employed in Scotland in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S6W-16723

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has begun carrying out a review of station accessibility to identify and remove barriers to travel and improve access for all, and what engagement it has had with groups that promote accessibility for people with disabilities.

Question reference: S6W-16651

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to deliver its 2021-22 Programme for Government commitment that “by 2026, every GP practice will have access to a mental health and wellbeing service”.

Question reference: S6W-16596

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to address any regional disparities in the success of welfare applications.

Question reference: S6W-16602

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide its latest expected completion dates for all National Treatment Centres that are currently being built.

Question reference: S6W-16478

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with MG Alba, the Gaelic Media Service, since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-16266

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the updated financial memorandum for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-16227

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients from NHS (a) Highland, (b) Orkney, (c) Shetland and (d) Western Isles have been treated in other NHS boards outwith the Highlands and Islands in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) NHS board of treatment and (ii) speciality.