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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-24927

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how its national Good Food Nation Plan will support food production in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-24841

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 7 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24438 by Paul McLennan on 23 January 2024, what its position is on whether local community ownership of social housing asset wealth is in the interests of tenants.

Question reference: S6W-24847

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 7 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to each strand of the Home Owners' Support Fund in each of the last 12 months, and how many of those applications have been accepted.

Question reference: S6W-24819

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 7 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many times it has used its powers under section (a) 52 and (b) 53 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014, and what the outcome of any such use of these powers was.

Question reference: S6W-24844

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Christine Grahame MSP (on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corpora on 7 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what steps it is taking to ensure that schools from all areas of Scotland are not prevented from visiting the Scottish Parliament due to high travel costs.

Question reference: S6W-24840

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS boards regarding the provision of screening services, such as breast screening, outwith normal 9.00 am to 5.00 pm working hours.

Question reference: S6W-25209

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that NHS Ayrshire and Arran will remove ICU beds from University Hospital Ayr and relocate them to Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, citing significant workforce gaps.

Question reference: S6W-24852

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what stage has been reached of its piloted expansion of childcare for two-year-olds.

Question reference: S6W-24855

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources and funding it has provided to the Energy Consents Unit to manage any increase in planning applications being considered.

Question reference: S6W-24879

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when the Programme Delivery Board designing the National Care Service last met, and what was discussed.