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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 10 August 2025
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Question reference: S6W-11596

  • 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 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11363 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022, whether operation of the Caledonian Sleeper will transfer to the operator of last resort from June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-11593

  • 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 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11363 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022, whether it expects any disruption to the Caledonian Sleeper service when the Franchise Agreement with Serco is terminated. 

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-11941

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many school inspectors were employed by Education Scotland in (a) 2011, (b) 2016, (c) 2019, (d) 2020, (e) 2021 and (f) 2022 to date.

Question reference: S6W-11877

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10776 by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2022, on what date it will launch the formal public consultation period on the proposed Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill.

Question reference: S6W-11955

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will act on the recommendation of the First Minister’s Environmental Council to consider targets focused on the environmental footprint of goods rather than weight-based targets.

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-11933

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • 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 breakdown of the allocation of the additional £1 million support for Ukrainian refugees across local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-11918

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the total pay-out has been for projects that have received funding from the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund since its introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-11878

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the amount currently being spent by the NHS on agency staff is an acceptable level of spending, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.