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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 18 July 2024
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Question reference: S5W-22963

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19849 by John Swinney on 20 November 2018, whether it plans to carry out an evaluation of the money given to local authorities to provide mental health first aid training to school staff.

Question reference: S5W-22965

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitments made in the Programme for Government 2018-19, what progress has been made in relation to the rollout of school-based counselling; how many counsellors have been assessed as having the relevant counselling qualifications and experience to work with children and young people in schools; how many counsellors have been recruited to deliver counselling in schools to date; whether it still expects the 350 counsellors to be operational in schools by September 2020, and how much money was provided to each local authority as part of the General Revenue Grant to provide for counselling in schools in the financial year 2019-20.

Question reference: S5W-22982

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of Applied Behavioural Analysis in schools for young people with autism.

Question reference: S5O-03227

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives from the fishing industry and what was discussed.

Question reference: S5W-22574

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many human rights checks have been carried out on companies involved in the arms trade that receive funding and/or account management support from its enterprise agencies.

Question reference: S5W-21962

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 22 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise or any other Scottish public bodies were present at the Home Office Security and Policing Event, which ran from 5 to 7 March 2019.

Question reference: S5O-03077

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of further delays in reopening Hunterston nuclear power station, what discussions it has had with the Office for Nuclear Regulation to ensure that it will not be allowed to reopen unless safety standards are met.

Question reference: S5W-22108

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13573 by John Swinney on 9 January 2018 and to question S5W-15654 by John Swinney on 15 April 2018, whether it will provide the information for 2018 regarding the number of additional support for learning (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants there were in each local authority.

Question reference: S5O-03031

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to address patient access issues at GP practices.

Question reference: S5W-21516

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government which businesses and industry bodies met or were hosted by the (a) Scottish Affairs Office in Washington DC and (b) Scottish Development International office in (i) Boston, (ii) Chicago, (iii) Houston and (iv) San Jose in 2018, broken down by the number of times each business or body was met or hosted.