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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-23862

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the bus industry receiving funding of £329 million from local and central government in 2021-22, what its response is to the Scottish Transport Statistics 2022, which show that, aside from the COVID-19 pandemic years, a historic low of 234 million journeys were made by bus in 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-23906

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 10 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the supplementary to question S6O-02702 by Paul McLennan on 9 November 2023, regarding its statement that "the £3.5 billion budget that we had set aside has effectively been cut in value by £700 million", whether any such reduction in value has taken place over one year or multiple years; what the annual sum of any such reduction is, and what the estimated real-terms value of the £3.5 billion is expected to be in each of the remaining years of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6W-23859

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it has considered the mobility needs of older people in its design of low traffic neighbourhoods and low traffic measures, including modal filters such as (a) bollards, (b) bus gates and (c) one-way streets.

Question reference: S6W-23341

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 10 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will continue to evaluate any benefits of the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT) by including further funding for the scheme in its Budget for 2024-25.

Question reference: S6W-24038

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether sportscotland continues to allocate any funding to support the development of a tennis centre at Park of Keir.

Question reference: S6W-23950

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the finding in the publication, NHS Recovery Plan 2021-2026 Annual Progress Update 2023, that the percentage of frontline NHS spend allocated to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) is currently 0.66%, whether it is still on track to meet its commitment to allocate 1% of NHS spend to CAMHS by the end of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6W-23941

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 9 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a refresh of Scotland's Play Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-23942

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 9 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, Killing to Kill: An Ethical Assessment of "Predator Control" on Scottish Moors, by the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.

Question reference: S6W-23834

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23295 by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023, whether the allocation of funding from the Water Environment Fund for measures to remove invasive non-native species is no longer being reviewed on an annual basis.

Question reference: S6W-23829

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21016 by Michael Matheson on 19 September 2023, whether it has met with the West of Scotland Cancer Network and, if so, what was discussed.