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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 29 August 2025
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Question reference: S6O-04359

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it and its partner organisations are taking to tackle antisocial behaviour in city centres.  

Question reference: S6O-04351

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports virtual libraries.

Question reference: S6O-04373

  • Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting pupils with additional support needs in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.   

Question reference: S6O-04374

  • Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what role the Skills Transition Centre at Forth Valley College will play in protecting and redeploying the skills base, and providing further training opportunities for a just transition of workers in the Grangemouth chemical cluster.

Question reference: S6O-04376

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support school pupils with dyslexia.

Question reference: S6O-04358

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of police officer and police staff working days lost due to mental health illness has risen in recent years.

Question reference: S6O-04350

  • Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the announcement by Creative Scotland that it will provide multi-year funding to deliver cultural and creative programmes.  

Question reference: S6O-04375

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to deal with violence in schools. 

Question reference: S6O-04347

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working to increase the number of film and television productions created in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-04360

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Cashback for Communities programme.