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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-37131

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what urgent steps it is taking to address the reported significant shortfall in Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) secondary teacher training enrolments for the 2024 intake.

Question reference: S6W-37159

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any decrease in police budgets has had an impact on retail crime levels and worker safety.

Question reference: S6W-37121

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any risks to marine life and environmental sustainability resulting from a lack of Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal visibility in Scottish coastal waters.

Question reference: S6W-37163

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that rural nursery closures will force families to travel long distances or give up work due to a lack of childcare.

Question reference: S6W-37107

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of recent reported findings linking untreated hearing loss to a third of dementia cases in older people.

Question reference: S6W-37115

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding that average farm income has dropped by more than 50% in 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-37120

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of farm businesses it estimates are currently operating at a loss, and how that compares with the previous five years.

Question reference: S6W-37165

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many nurseries are projected to close over the next academic year.

Question reference: S6W-37114

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many times each local authority has breached its legal duty to provide suitable accommodation for homeless people in the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-37091

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the use of Preference Informed Allocation to be an appropriate and effective method of allocating applicants to the Scotland Foundation School as part of the UK Foundation Programme, and what assessment it has made of any potential impact on applicants.