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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

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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 11 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-33288

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the research, compilation and publication of the Building a New Scotland series of papers.

Question reference: S6W-33591

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many employees are shared across more than one of the executive non-departmental public bodies.

Question reference: S6W-33590

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many employees are shared across more than one of the non-ministerial offices.

Question reference: S6W-33589

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many employees are shared across more than one of its executive agencies.

Question reference: S6W-33284

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much sponsorship funding it has provided to Nordic Horizons or associated organisations, since May 2021.

Question reference: S6W-33584

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the directorates of its (a) executive agencies, (b) non-ministerial offices, (c) executive non-departmental public bodies, (d) advisory non-departmental public bodies and (e) other significant national bodies are shared with other public bodies.

Question reference: S6W-33290

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent civil servants were employed at grade (a) A3, (b) A4, (c) B1, (d) B2, (e) B3, (f) C1, (g) C2 and (h) C3, in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv) 2024-25, and what the numbers are projected to be in 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-33286

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it plans to spend in 2025-26 on work related to Scottish independence.

Question reference: S6W-33285

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent civil servants are currently engaged in work relating to Scottish independence.

Question reference: S6W-33287

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that it will publish the next paper in the Building a New Scotland series.