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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

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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 26 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37042

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider working jointly with the UK Government to develop a UK-wide cancer strategy, in light of reports of calls for such an approach by expert commentators in The Lancet Oncology.

Question reference: S6W-36866

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to consult stakeholders on gene-edited crops and, if this is the case, what scientific and economic evidence it is using to inform this process.

Question reference: S6W-37088

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out any modelling on the potential long-term demographic impact of poor access to healthcare services in rural areas, and whether it will publish any such analysis. 

Question reference: S6W-36974

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted to determine the impact of careers advice services on the reported increasing number of early school leavers.

Question reference: S6W-36964

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of drone incursions into prison grounds have been recorded in each of the past five years.

Question reference: S6W-36904

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its civil servants work remotely from outside the UK; if so, how many currently do so on a (a) permanent and (b) temporary basis; what its position is on whether it is appropriate that they do so, and what assessment it has made of any tax and residency implications for any such civil servants.

Question reference: S6W-37057

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the £22 million in liquidity support that was granted to the University of Dundee was conditional on the university avoiding any job losses.

Question reference: S6W-37056

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria were used when deciding whether to grant the £22 million in liquidity support to the University of Dundee.

Question reference: S6W-37054

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the 463 flu-related deaths recorded to date in 2025 were in unvaccinated individuals who would previously have qualified for the flu vaccination, as part of the group aged from 50 to 64 years old.

Question reference: S6W-37050

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reasons for the high number of flu-related deaths that were recorded in the first 14 weeks of 2025.