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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 4 April 2025
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Question reference: S5W-21513

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-02764 by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 January 2019, what its response is to concerns that people living in newly-appointed potentially vulnerable areas have reportedly stated that they have been given insufficient opportunity by SEPA to comment and that the maps used have been inaccurate regarding the areas at risk.

Question reference: S5W-21514

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-02764 by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 January 2019, how communities will be provided with sufficient funds to protect themselves from flooding, and what its response is to reports that, although the number of houses in potentially vulnerable areas has doubled, the flood prevention budget is set to decrease in real terms.

Question reference: S5O-02932

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with stakeholders to improve its autism strategy.

Question reference: S5W-21286

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 18 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the terms will be of the inquiry into the detainment of patients with learning difficulties at the State Hospital; when the inquiry will begin, and how long it will take.

Question reference: S5O-02822

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with civil servants regarding the EU Withdrawal (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill since the Supreme Court’s judgement on it.

Question reference: S5O-02764

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the status of the communities that are due to be listed as potentially vulnerable areas.

Question reference: S5W-20559

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 15 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what contribution it anticipates to emissions reduction and renewable heat targets for domestic and non-domestic buildings envisaged in its Energy Strategy and Climate Change plan will be derived from (a) electric heat pumps, (b) biomass heating systems and (c) district heating.

Question reference: S5W-20529

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the inspection and regulation process in the rest of the UK covering all dental practices equally, for what reason a reported 30-35 non-NHS dental practices in Scotland are identified for inspection and regulation, while over 1,000 NHS dental practices are inspected to a more basic level.

Question reference: S5W-20528

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Health Improvement Scotland fee structure is reportedly more expensive in Scotland compared with inspecting authorities in other UK regions for the same level of regulation and inspection.

Question reference: S5W-20530

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason over 1,000 NHS dental practices are reported to be exempt from the higher standard of Health Improvement Scotland inspection and enforcement.