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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 26 February 2026
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Question reference: S6O-02121

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that there were 224 eviction cases involving tenants lodged with the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland in the month to 15 March.

Question reference: S6O-02107

To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the UK Government regarding access for Scotland’s food and drink industry to seasonal migrant workers.

Question reference: S6O-02118

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the number of households that have received the Winter Heating Payment in Aberdeenshire.

Question reference: S6O-02120

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether older people and social security are priority policy areas, in light of the decision not to include these in ministerial titles in the recent round of ministerial appointments.

Question reference: S6O-02105

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding agriculture and the food and drink industry in Scotland, to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Question reference: S6O-02123

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it will work with local authorities to ensure access to local services, including leisure facilities, for local communities.

Question reference: S6O-02108

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the NHS Lanarkshire Annual Report of the Director of Public Health for 2021-22, which was published this March.

Question reference: S6O-02103

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with food producers, manufacturers and distributers regarding supply chains and how to tackle food insecurity and food poverty.

Question reference: S6O-02110

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reported potential reductions to bed numbers and the closure of a ward at University Hospital Ayr.

Question reference: S6O-02104

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the steps that it is taking to tackle livestock worrying.