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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-22723

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21484 by Graeme Dey on 3 October 2023, whether it plans to exercise its convening power to assist employers and trade unions to work together to improve industrial relations in the college sector; if so, when it plans to do so, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S6W-22751

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider a collaborative approach with its counterparts across the UK to increase knowledge and awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Question reference: S6W-22724

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21483 by Graeme Dey on 3 October 2023, when it expects to conclude its consideration of options, and (a) in what form and (b) when it will publish its conclusions.

Question reference: S6W-22734

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of the number of records relating to the former First Minister's COVID-19 pandemic management that have been recorded and retained as part of its Records Management Plan and mobile messaging policy, broken down by the medium through which any recorded messages were communicated.

Question reference: S6W-22727

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how regularly its Knowledge and Information Management Branch reviews its (a) Records Management Plan and (b) mobile messaging policy.

Question reference: S6W-22754

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the delayed discharge and hospital occupancy action plan, in light of reports that the number of patients waiting at least 24 hours in A&E is 200 times higher in 2023 than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-22769

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15263 by Humza Yousaf on 7 March 2023, what steps it is taking to implement an "improved streamlined process for the implementation of new genetic tests linked to a Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) approved medicines".

Question reference: S6W-22756

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will publish its research, conducted by Rocket Science, into vigils and protests that take place outside of hospitals and clinics offering abortion services.

Question reference: S6W-22628

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many households (a)(i) were eligible for and (ii) received support in each year of phase one and (b)(1) are eligible for and (2) will receive support in each year of phase two, of the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.

Question reference: S6W-22725

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many disciplinary cases have been brought forward against Scottish Government employees as a result of any failure to ensure that the records for which they are responsible are complete and accurate.