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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-01450

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will continue to fund and support the Rediscover the Joy of General Practice project, to help ensure that island health boards can successfully recruit and retain doctors to permanent GP positions in rural locations.

Question reference: S6W-02417

  • Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress reviewing the cases of individuals whose records indicate they may have had a subtotal hysterectomy before 1997 but who have been excluded from the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme.

Question reference: S6W-02085

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01291 by Maree Todd on 26 July 2021, what date has been decided for the restarting of the over-70's self-referral breast cancer scheme, and, if no decision has been reached, whether it can confirm if the scheme will be expected to restart by the end of 2021.

Question reference: S6W-02051

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a travel test package of NHS COVID-19 tests, offered at a fixed price, for travellers returning to Scotland, similar to that provided for travellers returning to Wales.

Question reference: S6W-02007

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints regarding do-not-resuscitate orders (a) it and (b) NHS Scotland received in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.

Question reference: S6W-02006

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances a do-not-resuscitate order can be put in place.

Question reference: S6W-02004

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many do-not-resuscitate orders have been put in place in each year since 2017-18.

Question reference: S6W-01591

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider expanding the number of suppliers offering COVID-19 testing kits to those travelling abroad.

Question reference: S6W-01540

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted each month since December 2020.

Question reference: S6W-01402

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what types of tree will be planted in its forestry expansion programme, broken down by (a) the relative ability of each species to absorb carbon and (b) the proportion of the programme each species will represent.