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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 2 July 2024
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Question reference: S4O-05538

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in finding an agreement on the fiscal framework.

Question reference: S4O-05514

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have outstanding equal pay claims.

Question reference: S4W-29144

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many students studying for (a) one Higher, (b) two Highers, (c) more than two Highers and (d) no Highers who qualify for the education maintenance allowance receive each of the payment bands.

Question reference: S4W-29143

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many students who qualify for the education maintenance allowance are studying for (a) one Higher, (b) two Highers, (c) more than two Highers and (d) no Highers, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S4W-29142

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many students qualify for the education maintenance allowance, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S4W-29104

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted for offences in licensed betting shops in each year since 2010 and how many convictions were for offences against staff.

Question reference: S4W-29103

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions Police Scotland and predecessor forces have been called to licensed betting shops in each year since 2010, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

Question reference: S4O-04902

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S4W-28115

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the impact of gambling on communities, what its position is on whether licensed betting shops should be included in the updated EU money laundering directive, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this matter.

Question reference: S4W-28091

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) it and (b) sportscotland has given to Weightlifting Scotland in each year since 2007.