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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 9 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-10902

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that trading licences are not granted to so-called “phoenix companies” set up by company directors to avoid paying existing debts.

Question reference: S6W-10895

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce any reliance on agency nurses in the NHS.

Question reference: S6W-10899

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact in Scotland of the £400 energy bill discount.

Question reference: S6W-10909

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many street light electric vehicle charging points are currently in operation, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-10807

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop a "No-one Dies Alone" strategy for NHS Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-10783

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Scotland have died where malnutrition has been identified as a cause and is included on the death certificate, in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-10868

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will include blood cancer-specific questions as part of the next Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey, and if this is the case, whether any data collected will be broken down by cancer type to facilitate comparison between blood cancers and solid tumour cancers.

Question reference: S6W-10825

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care met the Astley Ainslie Community Trust when he visited the Astley Ainslie Hospital on 25 August 2022.

Question reference: S6W-10901

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to allow businesses to use red diesel for a set period of time in order to reduce the cost of electricity for them.

Question reference: S6W-10779

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it can provide to people with sleep apnoea to cover costs of running treatment devices such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, in light of rising energy costs.