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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 19 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42435

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish a report into the proposed non-domestic rates revaluations for 2026.

Question reference: S6W-42442

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the release of the 2024 Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey (SCPES) results and the survey having not run in 2021 as expected, (a) when the next CPES will be conducted, and (b) what steps are being taken to ensure that the SCPES data is available by more distinct age ranges, specifically for people aged 16 to 24, in light of the lowest age group currently available being 16 to 64, which does not allow an adequate assessment of differences or inequalities in experience due to age.

Question reference: S6W-42432

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what Barnett consequential funding will arise from the non-domestic rates decisions of the UK Government that were announced in its 2025 Budget.

Question reference: S6W-42427

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the introduction of legislation in England and Wales to ban single-use wet wipes containing plastic, whether it will provide an update on its plans to introduce equivalent legislation in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-42424

  • Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding pupils with additional support needs and disabilities, what data is available to compare requests for, and provision of, additional assessment arrangements in and across local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-42450

  • Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many primary and secondary schools in the (a) Clackmannanshire and (b) Stirling local authority area have been (i) built and (ii) substantially refurbished since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-42457

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that Police Scotland keeps accurate and accessible records of the governance groups and policy boards it participates in.

Question reference: S6W-42434

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the independent review of the non-domestic rates valuation methodology applied to the licensed hospitality sector.

Question reference: S6W-42439

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider bespoke non-domestic rates relief and/or poundage for the licensed hospitality sector.

Question reference: S6W-42428

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can provide to the (a) firefighters and (b) communities of Cumbernauld and surrounding areas that the urban search and rescue appliance will continue to operate from Cumbernauld Fire Station following the service delivery review.