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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 9 November 2025
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Question reference: S6W-41361

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether all data centres are considered national developments under the fourth National Planning Framework, or only those that support the Digital Fibre Network ambition.

Question reference: S6W-41179

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with stakeholders regarding the use of powers granted under the Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Government’s Pension Schemes Bill, specifically in relation to any potential consolidation or merger of Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme funds.

Question reference: S6W-41503

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28353 by Jenni Minto on 15 July 2024, whether it will provide an update on how many people have (a) been eligible for and (b) received a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination since the new programme was announced, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S6W-41513

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the Scottish Government Online Safety Taskforce, which was announced in January 2025.

Question reference: S6W-41514

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work has been carried out by the Scottish Government Online Safety Taskforce since it was announced in January 2025, and whether the taskforce will regularly publish reports on its work and, if so, how often.

Question reference: S6W-41480

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any additional in-year funding that it is currently providing to each NHS board in the Highlands and Islands region to reduce waiting lists.

Question reference: S6W-41516

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason third sector organisations have reportedly not been involved in the operation of the Scottish Government Online Safety Taskforce, which was announced in January 2025.

Question reference: S6W-41477

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the burning of recyclable materials at incineration sites.

Question reference: S6W-41484

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18275 by Gillian Martin on 1 June 2023, on how many occasions the organisations that were awarded funding from the Hydrogen Innovation Scheme in the 2023 round failed to complete key project milestones.

Question reference: S6W-41519

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the annual report of the Scottish Housing Regulator, which has stated that three local authorities are impacted by a systemic failure of their homelessness services, and a further eight are at heightened risk of such failure.