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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 4 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-11821

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to support local authorities to establish their own bus services, so that any locally-owned companies can provide integrated and improved services, which may lead to a reduction in fares for passengers.

Question reference: S6W-11605

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress in developing an Agriculture Bill, and when it expects a Bill to be introduced. 

Question reference: S6W-11838

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 11 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland report, Inspection of COPFS practice in relation to sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, which was published on 19 October 2022.

Question reference: S6O-01539

  • Asked by: Natalie Don-Innes, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with the gaming industry to help promote and grow the sector, in light of the recently held first ever Scottish Games Week.

Question reference: S6W-11751

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done (a) regarding workforce planning and (b) to increase the number of places for Scottish students to study medicine in response to the reports of a shortage of GPs and other doctors.

Question reference: S6W-11669

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding it has allocated to the Tenant Grant Fund as a result of its Programme for Government announcement to widen eligibility, broken down by the allocation to each local authority.

Question reference: S6W-11647

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it provided guidance to local authorities that it has widened the eligibility for the Tenant Grant Fund, and where that guidance is published.

Question reference: S6W-11666

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in securing increased and backdated wages for Robertson Facilities Management staff who work at New Craigs Hospital in Inverness, and what correspondence has the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care had with NHS Highland since the health board's reported announcement on 3 October 2022 that it would not honour the agreed pay awards and the Agenda for Change terms and conditions for such workers.

Question reference: S6W-11830

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to data published by Transport Scotland on 26 October 2022 showing that drink driving fatalities increased from 10 in 2010 to 20 in 2020.

Question reference: S6W-11805

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made regarding the reported threat of a "tripledemic" of the flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in winter 2022-23.