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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 1 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42254

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26978 by Paul McLennan on 7 May 2024, how (a) much funding has been spent through the National Acquisition Programme and (b) many social homes have been delivered in each local authority area in each year since it was first announced in June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-42256

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current status of DSM-Firmenich's Bovaer production facility in Dalry, and whether it can confirm whether the plant is now operational or when it expects full commissioning to take place.

Question reference: S6W-42242

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what mechanism exists, or is being considered, to enable financial costs for local authority services to be shared across Scotland when they result from policy decisions not made locally, such as changes to asylum policy.

Question reference: S6W-41999

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether data on the average time a patient has spent on a trolley in emergency departments is published routinely by NHS boards, and if this is not the case, whether it will commit to doing so.

Question reference: S6W-42245

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing routine childhood type 1 diabetes screening.

Question reference: S6W-42243

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Glasgow City Council and (b) the UK Government, regarding any impact of asylum policy decisions on the city's homelessness services.

Question reference: S6W-42257

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much public funding, including support from Scottish Enterprise, has been provided to DSM-Firmenich towards its Bovaer production facility in Dalry, and what (a) conditions and (b) oversight mechanisms were attached to any financial support that may have been awarded.

Question reference: S6W-42237

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the conclusion of the Marine Directorate’s contract with Airtask Group for marine compliance aerial surveillance flights, what plans it has to enforce compliance on Scotland’s waters.

Question reference: S6W-42007

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients who were not referred for care by the NHS 24 111 service subsequently required emergency treatment in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-41997

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how long on average patients have spent on a trolley in emergency departments in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.