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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-22493

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish any paper on the potential implications of losing intensive care status in neonatal units.

Question reference: S6W-22491

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what geographical location each proposed neonatal intensive care unit will serve, and what the population density is for each of those locations.

Question reference: S6W-22495

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether any clinician from University Hospital Wishaw was involved in the work of the (a) Best Start Review Group and (b) Sub-Group on Neonatal Models of Care.

Question reference: S6W-22342

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government who is on the task group that is considering the issue of a right to breaks for carers, and what organisations they represent.

Question reference: S6W-22268

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on joining the School Meals Coalition.

Question reference: S6W-22204

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21418 by Jenny Gilruth on 9 October 2023, what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding (a) whether pupils who have received a free laptop or other digital device will receive a replacement device should theirs break, (b) how swiftly any such replacement will be made available and (c) whether it or the local authority meets the cost of any such replacement.

Question reference: S6W-22523

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to each local authority for Gaelic-medium education in each year since 2012.

Question reference: S6W-22532

  • Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it will commence its post-implementation review into short-term let licensing; what the scope, remit and nature of this work is; what the timeline is for the completion of the review, and when it plans to report to (a) ministers and (b) the Parliament on its findings.

Question reference: S6W-22309

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to include mandatory menopause training as part of undergraduate medical degree programmes.

Question reference: S6W-22287

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its reported decision to downgrade neonatal services at University Hospital Wishaw, for what reason Healthcare Improvement Scotland reportedly does not give a view on whether Scottish Government decisions constitute a major service change, as it is required to do in respect of decisions made by NHS boards, health and social care partnerships and local authorities.