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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 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-40349

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the £2 million investment in Discretionary Housing Payments will be allocated, and what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for support in accessing settled homes in the private rented sector.

Question reference: S6W-40421

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has with (a) farmers and (b) landowners before authorising wildlife releases.

Question reference: S6W-40420

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to compensate farmers for any damage caused by beaver activity.

Question reference: S6W-40422

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on mitigation measures relating to beaver activity since 2020.

Question reference: S6W-40521

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what its policy is on issuing multiple parliamentary security passes to individuals who identify as having more than one gender identity.

Question reference: S6W-40277

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what response it has given to the reported calls from the Scottish Retail Consortium for no new business tax rises in the forthcoming Scottish Budget.

Question reference: S6W-40220

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion in its Scottish Budget 2026-27 recommendations paper that there should be no new levies or taxes on retailers.

Question reference: S6W-40219

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion in its Scottish Budget 2026-27 recommendations paper that spending restraint rather than tax rises should form the bulk of any measures to plug the projected gap in devolved government finances.

Question reference: S6W-40647

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2025
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ivan McKee on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Programme for Government commitment to consult on modernising Scotland’s compulsory purchase system.

Question reference: S6W-40180

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that an estimated 27% of state pension age people in Glasgow are not aware of Pension Credit and an estimated £30,263,573 goes unclaimed annually by 13,377 pensioners, what measures it can take to communicate directly with state pension age people to encourage maximum uptake of all relevant social security benefits they are entitled to.