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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: S6F-02719

  • Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that information on sexually transmitted infections is accessible, in light of STIQ Day, and the reported rising number of cases of sexually transmitted infections in Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-02717

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that Scotland has among the worst survival rates for some of the most serious cancers.

Question reference: S6F-02720

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister what percentage of the premises contracted for delivery of superfast broadband under the R100 scheme have still to be connected.

Question reference: S6F-02716

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-02715

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-24238

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government which over-the-counter medicines are available on prescription.

Question reference: S6W-24242

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the International Union for Conservation of Nature reclassifying Atlantic salmon as "Endangered" in Great Britain, what assessment it has made of the state of salmon stocks in Scotland, including the differing genetic components, in rivers that are Special Areas of Conservation for this species, including the River Dee; what its recovery plans are for these stocks, and how these plans will be carefully monitored across the species' whole lifecycle.

Question reference: S6W-24239

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on providing over-the-counter medicines via prescription in the last year for which figures are available.  

Question reference: S6W-24219

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 95.45% for Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST1 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.

Question reference: S6W-23962

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated capital cost will be of meeting its existing heat network targets, and what proportion of this capital cost it has committed to providing (a) to date and (b) in its Budget for 2024-25.