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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 7 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-10425

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take steps to support Glasgow City Council to establish a city-wide Common Housing Register, expanding upon the Glasgow North West pilot of 13 housing associations in 2017.

Question reference: S6W-10461

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported progress of the Lyme disease vaccine candidate VLA15 being developed by Pfizer and Valneva, what support it is giving to the development of this vaccine.

Question reference: S6W-10442

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an updated estimate on the annual cost of operating the Deposit Return Scheme in a "steady state" as set out in the full business case addendum, which was published on 16 March 2020.

Question reference: S6W-10589

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact rising energy costs will have on the ability of pulmonary rehabilitation services to secure non-hospital spaces, such as community halls and leisure centres.

Question reference: S6W-10627

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many offences have been recorded under section (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each local authority area in each year since 2019, and how many subsequent (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions there were.

Question reference: S6W-10434

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether all people who were on the former shielding list are eligible for anti-viral medication for the treatment of COVID-19.

Question reference: S6W-10597

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the reported rise in insolvencies among small and medium house builders is having on the affordable housing supply programme development pipeline.

Question reference: S6W-10558

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether its monitoring shows whether the situations outlined in the Report on the work of the 2021 Affordable Housing Investment Benchmarks Working Group have materialised, and whether it has convened a meeting of the sector to raise benchmarks ahead of the proposed 1 April 2023 uprating date.

Question reference: S6W-10424

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the NHS patient travel reimbursement scheme will be reviewed following a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-10405

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to restore NHS stroke care, specifically the national stroke care bundle, to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic quality service standard.