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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 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-15323

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to establishing the post of an Older People’s Commissioner.

Question reference: S6W-14834

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review whether the Scottish Futures Trust is ideally placed and qualified to manage the Learning Estate Investment Programme.

Question reference: S6W-14835

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government to what extent it has evaluated the implementation of the Learning Estate Investment Programme, and what assessment it has made of how elements of the programme could be expanded across other sectors.

Question reference: S6W-14833

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to closely and transparently collaborate with local authorities to ensure that the new schools investment funding model is properly managed.

Question reference: S6W-15325

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the 2022 Scottish teacher census, which showed that there had been a reduction in teacher numbers in East Dunbartonshire, compared with 2021.  

Question reference: S6W-14826

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking on each of the headline recommendations made in Audit Scotland’s 2020 review, Privately financed infrastructure investment: The Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) and hub models.

Question reference: S6W-15026

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on time chartering vessels, including catamarans, to provide additional capacity on the current Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract.

Question reference: S6W-15025

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with CalMac regarding employment conditions on its vessels, chartered from CMAL, which are operating on routes on the Clyde and Hebrides ferry network.

Question reference: S6W-14767

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing with Social Security Scotland to develop contingency measures for the redeployment of any staff who face redundancy following the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) closure of the Radnor House site in Clydebank.

Question reference: S6W-14768

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the UK Government regarding the decision taken by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to close Radnor House site in Clydebank.