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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 3 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-07264

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the definition of domestic abuse to include other members of a family.

Question reference: S6W-07273

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many children have undertaken water safety classes in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-07237

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05937 by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022, what the current capacity of the breast screening programme is, and how this compares with pre-COVID-19 levels before March 2020, as a result of the recent interventions made to increase the number of available appointments.

Question reference: S6W-07200

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the percentage cumulative economic growth in Scotland, in terms of increased total GDP, was for the period from May 2007 to December 2021, and how this compares with the equivalent figure for the UK as a whole.

Question reference: S6W-07272

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many children have learnt to swim in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-07258

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to organisations that support male victims of domestic abuse.

Question reference: S6W-07236

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06126 by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022, what assessment it has made, based on current projections, of when all screening centres will be able to offer women aged 53 to 70 a breast screening appointment within 39 months of their previous screening.

Question reference: S6W-07262

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many classroom assistants have been employed in each local authority in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-07198

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the percentage cumulative economic growth in Scotland, in terms of increased total GDP, was for the period from May 2007 to May 2016, and how this compares with the equivalent figure for the UK as a whole.

Question reference: S6W-07193

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports in Private Eye (Art News, No. 1567) that 1,577 art works are missing from Aberdeen's City Council's art collection.