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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 27 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-15496

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address any lower uptake of the HPV vaccination in areas of deprivation in comparison with more affluent areas.

Question reference: S6W-15507

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the latest data showing the retention rate of (a) nurses and (b) doctors in the NHS.

Question reference: S6W-15033

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the recommendations in Project Neptune that it is taking forward for public consultation.

Question reference: S6W-15084

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that, as outlined in The Promise, children from care experienced backgrounds are not excluded from school.

Question reference: S6W-15178

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is currently taking to tackle waste crime.

Question reference: S6W-15149

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) counterfeit cigarettes and (b) kilograms of illegal tobacco have been seized by Police Scotland in each year since 2013.

Question reference: S6W-15176

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the UK Government’s announcement on waste crime as part of its Environmental Improvement Plan 2023, regarding any potential impact in Scotland, and whether it will consider adopting similar measures.

Question reference: S6W-15123

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of NHS staff pay awards on the hospice sector.

Question reference: S6W-15177

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates waste crime has cost the public purse in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-15032

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Minister for Transport’s reported commitment on this issue, what steps it has taken to ensure that its private sector consultant, Ernst and Young, meets with trade unions organising Scotland’s ferry workers to discuss Project Neptune.