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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 5 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-35406

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the gender pain gap, where chronic pain is reportedly 10% more prevalent in women than in men.

Question reference: S6W-35419

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether any local authority's per person funding would be below the 85% floor described in the Scottish Public Finance Manual if assumed council tax revenues were excluded from the calculation, and, if so, which local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-35369

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to raise awareness of gastrointestinal conditions and symptoms.

Question reference: S6W-35417

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it excludes the funding for any local authorities for the purposes of calculating average per person funding for local authorities as part of the policy, as stated in the Scottish Public Finance Manual, that each local authority receives at least 85% of the Scottish average revenue funding per head, and, if so, which local authorities; when they were first excluded, and for what reason.

Question reference: S6W-35402

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the Housing (Scotland) Bill, what contact it has had with (a) individual landlords and (b) representative landlord bodies.

Question reference: S6W-35367

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to reduce the number of women who leave the workforce due to experiencing menopause.

Question reference: S6W-35393

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of inshore fisheries and conservation authorities in England as a potential model for inshore fisheries management in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-35389

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) oversight is exercised and (b) data collection is undertaken by ministers regarding the Peer Approved Clinical System (PACS).

Question reference: S6W-35379

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason NatureScot is reportedly planning to remove the practical element of muirburn training from the approved training course for muirburn in (a) 2025-26 and (b) future years.

Question reference: S6W-35416

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it calculates the average per person funding for the purposes of the policy, as stated in the Scottish Public Finance Manual, that each local authority receives at least 85% of the Scottish average revenue funding per head.