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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-23571

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of vacant and derelict land have been brought back into use as a result of the fund that it announced on 19 December 2020.

Question reference: S6W-23433

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to local authority planning teams for continuing professional development (CPD) and training in new technologies, such as renewables.

Question reference: S6W-23320

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maggie Chapman (on behalf of the SPCB) on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will recognise and include the affiliation of MSPs, who are also Co-operative Party members, in official designations of party affiliations on the Scottish Parliament website and broadcast captions on SPTV.

Question reference: S6W-23556

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what measures it has considered in relation to providing additional support to the hospitality sector in the current financial year.

Question reference: S6W-23544

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the predicted economic consequences of the expected closure of Grangemouth Refinery.

Question reference: S6W-23346

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of any Barnett consequential funding arising from the UK Government's policy of 75% rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure premises for 2023-24 has been discussed at the weekly meetings between the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and senior finance officials, and, if so, when it was (a) first and (b) last discussed.

Question reference: S6W-23558

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to promote and support trade union membership in the hospitality sector.

Question reference: S6W-23604

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) injury and (b) non-injury road accidents on the A90 between Stonehaven and Aberdeen have been reported in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

Question reference: S6W-23421

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its consideration of measures to increase the recovery of critical raw materials, what assessment it has made of the proposals set out in the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, including any EU targets on accessing strategic raw materials from domestic recycling.

Question reference: S6W-23538

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Ayrshire and Arran in relation to recruitment and retention of medical staff, particularly at University Hospital Ayr.