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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 23 July 2024
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Question reference: S6W-27538

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the community needs assessments carried out on Cowal and Rosneath public ferry routes in the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract.

Question reference: S6W-27507

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged:
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support local authority leisure services to (a) develop and (b) deliver community-based rehabilitation services.

Question reference: S6W-27383

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to promote coordination between schools and mental health services.

Question reference: S6W-27530

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has frozen the Nature Restoration Fund. 

Question reference: S6W-27406

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what options are available for early retirement under the Scottish Teachers' Pension Scheme (STPS), and how any such options impact the final pension amount that a teacher receives.

Question reference: S6W-27392

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards the adoption of a single clinical pathway for coeliac disease.

Question reference: S6W-27414

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the recent teacher pay settlements impact the future value of teacher pensions, and, if so, what steps are being taken to mitigate any potential negative effects.

Question reference: S6W-27614

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will urgently seek to revise the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024, which was laid before the Parliament on 28 March 2024 and is due to come into effect on 24 May 2024, in light of reported concerns that it will lead to irreversible heritage loss in conservation areas as a result of it designating uPVC windows as a permitted development where they are defined as "substantially the same" as existing windows, and such a definition being too vague.

Question reference: S6W-27407

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures the smooth transition for teachers moving between the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (STSS) and the Scottish Teachers' Pension Scheme 2015 (STPS 2015), in order to avoid any loss of pension benefits.

Question reference: S6W-27409

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of rising living costs, whether it is considering any measures to increase the pension payments for current retirees who are members of the Scottish Teachers' Pension Scheme (STPS).