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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 13 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-12705

  • Asked by: Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reached a decision on the future location of the Registrar of Independent Schools.

Question reference: S6W-11958

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the £6 million of reduced Buildings Standards expenditure identified on page 23 of the Emergency Budget Review was originally assigned to.

Question reference: S6W-12117

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05371 by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2022, which refers to a "regular tripartite forum" that has a focus on junior doctors, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations from the publication, Junior Doctors - 48-hour Maximum Working Week (Without Averaging): Expert Working Group Report.

Question reference: S6W-12105

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by role of the total number of whole time equivalent staff joining NHS 24, as committed to in the winter resilience plan, and how many will be in post by 1 December 2022.

Question reference: S6W-12114

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the total number of whole time equivalent GPs working in Scotland is.

Question reference: S6W-12103

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by job role of the 1,000 additional NHS staff that were committed to in the winter resilience plan, and how many will be in post by 1 December 2022.

Question reference: S6W-12107

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £15.1 million investment for NHS 24, as committed to in the winter resilience plan, will be spent.

Question reference: S6W-12111

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who are awaiting inpatient appointments to access orthopaedic procedures have been waiting for over (a) two years, (b) two years and six months and (c) three years.

Question reference: S6W-12034

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will engage with the ScotWind leasing round winners, Scottish Power Renewables, SSE Renewables, Falck Renewables, Vattenfall, Shell, DEME, Ocean Winds, BayWa, Offshore Wind Power, Northland Power and Magnora, to request that they co-operate with BP in the development of a common Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) new-build programme to be designed and built in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-12143

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11429 by Humza Yousaf on 7 November 2022, what action is open to it where NHS boards are reportedly not ensuring in-person patient access to GPs, where clinically appropriate, is maintained.