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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 13 September 2025
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Question reference: S6O-00747

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported calls for the Head of the Civil Service to investigate and rule on the deployment of Scottish Government civil servants to develop policy on independence.

Question reference: S6O-00743

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with National Records of Scotland and other organisations, on the challenges facing people affected by historic forced adoption when seeking to access records.

Question reference: S6O-00730

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to review and assess the pilots conducted as part of the strategy, The best start: five-year plan for maternity and neonatal care.

Question reference: S6O-00737

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that the lifting of the eviction ban, in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, will result in increased homelessness.

Question reference: S6O-00726

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support NHS and social care recruitment in rural areas.

Question reference: S6O-00734

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met with officials from the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

Question reference: S6O-00741

  • Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the potential impact on Scotland of the proposed "Brexit Freedoms Bill".

Question reference: S6O-00735

  • Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on calls by the anti-poverty campaigner, Jack Monroe, for policy makers to take a more comprehensive view of tracking the full cost of poverty, as highlighted by the Vimes Boots Index.

Question reference: S6O-00731

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the NHS Recovery Plan.

Question reference: S6O-00746

  • Asked by: Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is building on Scotland's relations with the EU post-Brexit.