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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 5 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-03940

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans to introduce a digital prescription scheme for patients who have repeat prescriptions.

Question reference: S6W-03974

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the bursary for care experienced people in education on their access to other benefits, including housing benefit and universal credit.

Question reference: S6W-03961

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the use of non-animal alternatives in research and testing that currently uses animals.

Question reference: S6W-03890

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has in place to respond to any potential rise in COVID-19 cases.

Question reference: S6W-03791

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how death, dying and bereavement education will be supported in schools, in light of it not being included in the report on the review of personal and social education in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-03522

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken to assess how autism diagnosis waiting times could be routinely recorded and published.

Question reference: S6W-03532

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an updated estimate of the financial cost to the Isle of Arran economy of the delayed MV Glen Sannox ferry.

Question reference: S6W-03761

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of which type of court the reported 62,907 domestic abuse incidents recorded by Police Scotland in 2019-20 were tried in.

Question reference: S6W-03540

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of hospital appointments that have been missed on the mainland as a result of delays or cancellations on the Ardrossan-Brodick ferry route.

Question reference: S6W-03478

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence requirements it will set for self-catering premises owners seeking to register their property for non-domestic rates to demonstrate that the let is (a) available for 140 days and (b) actually let for 70 days in a financial year, in order to remain on the valuation roll; how these requirements will be enforced, and how enforcement will be funded.