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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 21 August 2025
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Question reference: S6O-00984

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what help it will provide to tackle any NHS backlogs in rural areas.

Question reference: S6O-00983

  • Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the Home Heating Support Fund.

Question reference: S6O-00985

  • Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Department for Work and Pensions, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S6O-00975

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with Scottish universities and UCU Scotland about the Four Fights and USS pensions disputes in light of the recent reballoting for industrial action by staff.

Question reference: S6O-00972

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the support it is providing to high streets and businesses.

Question reference: S6O-00980

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the joint letter reportedly signed by 111 University of Edinburgh academics expressing deep concern about the future of higher education in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-00970

  • Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what financial resources it has allocated to help those across Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders who are most impacted by the reported cost of living crisis.

Question reference: S6O-00967

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to implement the Fair Work Convention's recommendations on building fair work into the construction industry.

Question reference: S6O-00973

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated the cost to Scotland of being removed from the European Digital Single Market.

Question reference: S6O-00958

  • Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support greater use of community justice interventions.