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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 3 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-29387

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 August 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28981 by Jenni Minto on 26 August 2024, what objectives were given to Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland before receiving taxpayer money.

Question reference: S6W-29483

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve classroom attendance, in light of reports that almost 20,000 pupils in Scotland missed more than half of their lessons last year.

Question reference: S6W-29720

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the reasons were for the reported 1,152 reduction in the number of nursing and midwifery jobs in the last year.

Question reference: S6W-29729

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many midwives are currently employed on temporary contracts, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-29728

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many midwives are currently employed on permanent contracts, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-29717

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what training for senior administrators in the NHS will be reduced or stopped, in light of its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024.

Question reference: S6W-29731

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the latest developments in relation to the Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-29482

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that three in 10 parents in Scotland believe that the COVID-19 pandemic showed that it is not necessary for their children to attend school every day, and how it plans to address this.

Question reference: S6W-29721

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to make the process for nursing and midwifery graduates to find jobs in NHS Scotland easier.

Question reference: S6W-29711

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 17 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government which flood defence projects may be reduced or stopped, in light of its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024.