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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 19 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-34644

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have been released early due to (a) overcrowding and (b) public health considerations in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-34482

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what provisions have been made to ensure continuity of support for people currently receiving assistance through the Shine and New Routes programmes for prisoners released from (a) short-term sentences or (b) remand during the transition to the new national throughcare service.

Question reference: S6W-34478

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures and indicators will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the new third sector-led national throughcare service for prisoners released from (a) short-term sentences or (b) remand, and how frequently this performance data will be published.

Question reference: S6W-34475

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people each year who have been released from prison (a) from short-term sentences and (b) on remand it expects the new national throughcare service to support.

Question reference: S6W-34176

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what protocols each emergency service has in place to follow up on calls that are recorded as having been hung up or terminated before completion.

Question reference: S6W-34332

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Christine Grahame (on behalf of the SPCB) on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will make a representation to the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth requesting that it reviews its Standing Rules and considers admitting devolved parliaments and legislative assemblies to its membership.

Question reference: S6W-34959

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing compulsory pay caps for locum doctors in the NHS.

Question reference: S6W-34813

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the timescale for Community Led Local Development funding is challenging, in light of reported concerns that "top-up" funding being awarded in December 2024 leaves only around 12 weeks for projects to be conceived and applied for and for grants to be processed, awarded and claimed.

Question reference: S6W-34983

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made on any financial impact of the displacement from pupils in Scotland moving from the independent schools sector to the state sector as a result of the imposition of VAT on fees and associated charges.

Question reference: S6W-34811

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider reviewing the timescales of the Community Led Local Development Programme to ensure that deadlines can be met.