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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-02307

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria need to be met in order for an area of a hospital to be designated a stroke unit; how the capabilities of stroke units have been maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that people who survive a stroke receive full stroke unit care; which NHS boards have had their stroke units downgraded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how many stroke patients have had their recovery impacted as a result.

Question reference: S6W-02306

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the World Stroke Organization's Roadmap to Delivering Quality Stroke Care, how it assesses Scotland’s stroke care against this roadmap; what Scotland’s current level of stroke service capacity is; what gaps exist, compared with the roadmap; what action it will take to ensure that stroke care in Scotland is based on evidence and best practice from around the world, and by when.

Question reference: S6W-02293

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00855 by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021, whether it will provide equivalent information on (a)(i) amber- and (ii) yellow-coded calls and (b) the total number of calls responded to over the same period.

Question reference: S6W-02568

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider extending the ScotGEM bursary to cover all medical students in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-02422

  • Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Scotland COVID-19 vaccination certificate app will recognise participants in the Valneva vaccine trial as having been vaccinated.

Question reference: S6W-02425

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many COVID-19 vaccination appointments have been missed due to the distance or travel time to a vaccination centre.

Question reference: S6W-03280

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Whole School Approach Framework for Schools to Support Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing, what action it is taking to support teachers to become Mental Health First Aiders, and how this will be facilitated if training is not allowed to take place virtually.

Question reference: S6W-03200

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is undertaking in partnership with the UK Government and telecoms companies to improve digital inclusion in the Glasgow region.

Question reference: S6W-03207

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what material impact its policies and enforcement measures have had on incidences of waste crime over the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-03239

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of whether SEPA's approach to environmental protection is consistent with addressing the biodiversity crisis.