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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 8 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-09848

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of non-domestic rates receipts for each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-09843

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated how many retail, hospitality and leisure premises are entitled to 50% relief on non-domestic rates for the first three months of 2022-23.

Question reference: S6W-09847

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many premises in (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire currently receive relief through the Small Business Bonus scheme and, of those, how many are receiving the 100% relief rate.

Question reference: S6W-09782

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 10 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the measures that Social Security Scotland has introduced to ensure that assessors (a) understand the specific issues that people with a neurological condition may experience and (b) are able to make accurate assessments about eligibility for Adult Disability Payment for people with neurological conditions.

Question reference: S6W-09926

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations have (a) applied for and (b) successfully received funding from its Scotland on Tour fund, and what the total amount of funding allocated was.

Question reference: S6W-09906

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with GFG Alliance and its representatives in 2022.

Question reference: S6W-09831

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many prisons there are and what percentage of those have dedicated mental health professionals; and how many (a) additional mental health professionals in prisons have been recruited under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 and (b) mental health professionals in total are based in prisons, as of 1 April 2022.

Question reference: S6W-09832

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many A&E departments there are and what percentage of those have dedicated mental health professionals; and how many (a) additional mental health professionals in A&E departments have been recruited under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 and (b) mental health professionals in total are based in A&E departments, as of 1 April 2022.

Question reference: S6W-09779

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 9 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are being made to enable those with an energy-limiting condition to apply for Adult Disability Payment.

Question reference: S6W-09668

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what regular formal engagement has been established with the private early learning and childcare sector in developing the curriculum for children up to the age of three and other operational matters.