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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 7 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-07173

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address any challenges associated with digital poverty in relation to Scotland's Census 2022.

Question reference: S6W-07179

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it has sought from National Records of Scotland in relation to people with poor or intermittent internet connectivity still being able to complete Scotland's Census 2022.

Question reference: S6W-07183

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of its new vision for agriculture, how it will encourage more farmers and crofters to farm and produce food organically through financial support and other incentives.

Question reference: S6W-07181

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of its new vision for agriculture, what specific steps it plans to take to “enable more local employment on the land, more women to enter farming and more new and young entrants into farming”.

Question reference: S6W-07216

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that the process for requesting a paper copy of Scotland's Census 2022 is easy for people who (a) do not have, or are not confident using, online technology and (b) are uncomfortable with using, or unable to use, an interactive voice system.

Question reference: S6W-06865

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05559 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, what criteria were used to determine the current stroke care brain scan standard of 90% scanned within 12 hours, and, in light of strokes often being time-critical medical emergencies, for what reasons it considers this standard to be appropriate.

Question reference: S6W-07425

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it will issue its response to the homeowner feedback survey on the Home Energy Efficiency Equity Loan Pilot.

Question reference: S6W-07276

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many children have attended outdoor education centres in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-07067

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) funding and (b) other support it provides for school breakfast clubs.

Question reference: S6W-06866

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the median waiting time for a brain scan has been in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board.