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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 29 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36084

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that consistent standards are applied across Scotland in relation to deciding whether discretionary fatal accident inquiries should be held.

Question reference: S6W-36081

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed any barriers to implementing recommendations arising from fatal accident inquiries, and, if so, what any such barriers were.

Question reference: S6W-36082

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has adequate staffing and expertise to efficiently manage fatal accident inquiries, and what assessments have been made of this.

Question reference: S6W-36077

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of recommendations from fatal accident inquiries have specifically related to healthcare practices in each of the last three financial years, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-36075

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) support and (b) guidance it provides to organisations to implement recommendations arising from fatal accident inquiries.

Question reference: S6W-36073

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it maintains a central register of recommendations made by sheriffs in fatal accident inquiry determinations, and, if so, how it ensures that these recommendations are tracked and reviewed.

Question reference: S6W-36074

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of recommendations from fatal accident inquiries have related specifically to health and safety improvements in workplaces in each of the last five years, broken down by sector.

Question reference: S6W-36079

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many fatal accident inquiry recommendations have required legislative changes in each of the last three financial years, and how many of these have been implemented.

Question reference: S6W-36083

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to enhance public access to information about fatal accident inquiry outcomes, recommendations and their implementation status.

Question reference: S6W-36078

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the impact of any resource constraints within the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service on the progress of fatal accident inquiries.