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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 22 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-01698

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints against property factors have been brought to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland housing and property chamber in each year since 2011, and, of these, how many were brought as a result of the property factor failing to (a) carry out their duties and (b) comply with the standards in the Code of Conduct (section 17(1) of the 2011 Act).

Question reference: S6W-00947

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will gauge public support for the amended permitted development rights for aquaculture under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development and Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020, and for the environmental impact of the alterations.

Question reference: S6W-00999

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will formally advise railway and travel providers of its decision that only essential travel between Scotland and Greater Manchester and Salford is permitted, to allow the customers affected to access full refunds.

Question reference: S6W-01061

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on (a) NHS infrastructure projects and (b) funding for a replacement eye hospital for NHS Lothian.

Question reference: S6W-01049

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people who have (a) swallowing and (b) communication problems due to long-term illness.

Question reference: S6W-01068

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the provision of NET (neuro-electric therapy) treatment for people being treated for drug addiction.

Question reference: S6W-01216

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether increased tourism in northerly latitudes, increased crop yields and a reduced level of dependency on other nations are potential economic and environmental benefits of climate change.

Question reference: S6W-01055

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the gender gap in the number of reported COVID-19 cases is an indication of its approach to allowing the Glasgow Euro fan zone to be opened.

Question reference: S6W-01411

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that local authorities progress withdrawal from school requests from the parent with whom children ordinarily reside, in the absence of a court order, to prevent home education being undermined and used to exert control by coercive, abusive or violent former partners

Question reference: S6W-01256

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the countries of origin of the estimated 60,000 students from outwith the Common Travel Area who enrolled at university for the 2019-20 academic year.