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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 20 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-40021

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on posting letters abroad in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-40020

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce mandatory national data collection and reporting on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) referrals, waits, assessments, outcomes and demographics.

Question reference: S6W-40029

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of the reported shortage of care home places on delayed discharge from hospitals.

Question reference: S6W-40015

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to (a) expand non-pharmacological interventions alongside medication and (b) support transitions from child and adolescent to adult services for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Question reference: S6W-40022

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent in total on prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration programmes in each of the last five years, and what percentage of the total Scottish Prison Service budget this represented in each year.

Question reference: S6W-40149

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of 23 assaults on prison officers at HMP Greenock between 2020 and 2024, and what measures it is taking to ensure the safety of staff at the facility.

Question reference: S6W-40013

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the article in The Lancet, The potential role of mifepristone in breast cancer prevention: beyond medical abortion, whether it would support research into the use of mifepristone as a drug to help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease.

Question reference: S6W-40016

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that patients with a private attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis can access any medication that they need through NHS services.

Question reference: S6W-40003

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that it is the responsibility of the Scottish Government to make the necessary legislative amendment to formally authorise Grangemouth as an inland Border Control Post, whether it will provide a timescale for the completion of this exercise.

Question reference: S6W-40018

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to reduce adult diagnostic waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across Scotland.