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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 26 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36524

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s reported assessment that benefits spending is being driven by increased eligibility rather than population need.

Question reference: S6W-36542

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients it estimates have waited over a year for outpatient treatment or surgery in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-36485

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported demand from teachers for self-defence training in response to pupil violence.

Question reference: S6W-36531

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the potential fiscal impact on Scotland’s economy of exploration and drilling in the North Sea being curtailed prematurely.

Question reference: S6W-36541

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what contingency measures are in place in the event that the NHS seven-day diagnostic model and digital outpatient system is again not delivered within the timetable.

Question reference: S6W-36772

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the teacher vacancy rate has been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority area, (b)(i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special schools and (c) subject for secondary education.

Question reference: S6W-36432

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure the continuity of public services in the event that any proposed local authority industrial action goes ahead.

Question reference: S6W-36439

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring the effectiveness of the £900,000 provided to local authorities to provide professional learning for support staff to improve skill levels in responding to distressed behaviour in schools.

Question reference: S6W-36429

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to stimulate employment in areas with persistently high welfare dependency.

Question reference: S6W-36441

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measurable improvements in pupil behaviour have resulted to date from the implementation of the 2024-27 relationships and behaviour action plan.