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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 4 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-04218

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 26 October 2021 that there will be a "rapid review of the services that are required to support people who experience mental health and substance use problems" (Official Report, c. 69), who will carry out the review; whether it will provide further details of the review’s remit, and when it anticipates (a) the review will be completed and (b) a report will be published.

Question reference: S6W-04221

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will confirm the date for the removal of the requirement for EWS1 forms, and their replacement with Scottish Government-funded Single Building Assessments.

Question reference: S6W-04276

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many smoke alarms will be disposed of as a result of the new interlinking fire alarm legislation, and what guidance it is giving to local authorities on how to advise people on the best way to dispose of old smoke alarms safely once the law comes into force.

Question reference: S6W-04258

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to North Ayrshire Council for the construction of new council housing in each year between 1999 and 2011.

Question reference: S6W-04210

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there has reportedly been a delay in the roll-out of the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme.

Question reference: S6W-04275

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government where old smoke alarms should be safely disposed of, in light of reports that local authority recycling centres are not accepting them.

Question reference: S6W-04492

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many farmers were supported by the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme between 2018 and 2020.

Question reference: S6W-04220

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 26 October regarding holistic support for families (Official Report, c. 69), how much of the £3.5 million of funding for the current financial year has been allocated to each alcohol and drug partnership to support the mental health and wellbeing of family members affected by drug use.

Question reference: S6W-04327

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw MSP (on behalf of the SPCB) on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what consultation it is undertaking regarding the 2022-23 uprating of the Staff Cost Provision, and what review of any increase in the provision it has planned.

Question reference: S6W-04336

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw MSP (on behalf of the SPCB) on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what it considers to be its obligations under the Fair Work Convention with regards to staff employed directly by MSPs.