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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 16 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-20103

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work it is undertaking to incorporate the 10 demands of offshore oil and gas workers for a just transition, as laid out in the report, Our Power: Offshore workers’ demands for a just energy transition, published in March 2023 by Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Platform collective, and which have reportedly been backed by over 90% of over 1,000 workers surveyed.

Question reference: S6W-19918

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many visiting specialist teachers (a) are currently employed and (b) were employed in each year from 2007 to 2023, to visit and practise in Scottish primary schools, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-19921

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost to NHS boards of decarbonising all of their buildings.

Question reference: S6W-19919

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of decarbonising all of Scotland's schools, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-20163

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent survey findings of the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland that, of the businesses that have never offered an apprenticeship, two fifths had not done so due to not having the financial resources to do so, and how it plans to address these findings.

Question reference: S6W-20094

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the response from the Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work to the chair of the Just Transition Commission on 28 March 2023, which was published on 14 April 2023, whether it will publish further detail regarding the outstanding work required to deliver decarbonisation of one million homes by 2030, particularly in relation to (a) financing, (b) skills and (c) workforce capacity.

Question reference: S6W-20070

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with (a) AGS Airports Limited and (b) International Airlines Group, regarding the proposed expansion of British Airways Maintenance Glasgow (BAMG) through the construction of a new hangar facility to undertake maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the entire narrow-body aircraft fleet across the International Airlines Group.

Question reference: S6W-19920

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost to local authorities of decarbonising all of their buildings.

Question reference: S6W-19924

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of it decarbonising all of its buildings.

Question reference: S6W-20071

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of employers that have at least one employee currently undertaking a graduate apprenticeship.