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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 9 August 2025
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Question reference: S6W-11668

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 16 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the reported freeze of Modern Apprenticeship funding on the childcare sector.

Question reference: S6W-11597

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11363 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022, whether all jobs, including the current terms and conditions, will transfer to the new operator of the Caledonian Sleeper when the current franchise terminates in June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-11972

  • Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed to all of the key recommendations in the final report of the Scottish Mental Health Law Review, and in relation to any that it has not yet agreed to, whether it will provide a timeframe for consideration of the recommendations, and when it expects to publish its response to the key recommendations in the report.

Question reference: S6W-11978

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many primary school children in (a) Inverclyde and (b) North Ayrshire are eligible for its school clothing grant.

Question reference: S6W-11973

  • Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to any of the key recommendations in the final report of the Scottish Mental Health Law Review to which it agrees, what action it plans to take to implement the recommendations.

Question reference: S6W-11956

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what responses the First Minister’s Environmental Council gave to the question, posed to the Council at its June 2022 meeting, “In your experience, what are the best mechanisms to reduce consumption of raw materials and how do they fit with the policy priorities that [the Scottish Government has] identified?”.

Question reference: S6W-12002

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which activities involving animals it next plans to regulate under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021.

Question reference: S6W-11912

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of every event that received funding from the Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund, broken down by (a) how much funding each event received and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-11764

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any guarantees have been obtained from the prospective purchaser of Kinloch Castle on Rum in relation to continued access by residents over land in front of the castle and, if this is the case, whether it will provide the details of any such guarantees.

Question reference: S6W-11840

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04274 by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021, what records it maintains on the (a) return and (b) disposal of unused prescribed medicines.