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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 15 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-03746

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether its consultation on alcohol marketing will include proposals to curb alcohol industry sponsorship of sports.

Question reference: S6W-03645

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many Funeral Support Payments have been made since the scheme was launched.

Question reference: S6W-03491

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what guarantees it can provide that dependent deer calves will be killed along with their mothers during Forestry and Land Scotland’s out-of-season deer culls.

Question reference: S6W-03577

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been supported through its training schemes to train as (a) HGV and (b) bus drivers in each month since the start of 2019.

Question reference: S6W-03585

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £250,000 provided to the Humanitarian Emergency Fund in relation to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has been spent to date.

Question reference: S6W-03576

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what subsidised training schemes are in place for people seeking to train as (a) HGV and (b) bus drivers.

Question reference: S6W-03985

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made to establish independent oversight and assurance of NHS Tayside’s mental health services, and to ensure there is ongoing support for the Tayside Executive Partnership in responding to the findings and recommendations from the independent inquiry, following Dr David Strang’s progress review, which was published in July 2021.

Question reference: S6W-03604

  • Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to consult on legislation to extend the framework for licensing of activities involving animals and, if so, within what timescale.

Question reference: S6W-03649

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had with the university and college sector regarding the workforce skills needed by the construction industry in the future.

Question reference: S6W-03648

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support (a) disabled people and (b) people considered to be furthest from the labour market into green jobs.