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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-10314

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many Social Security Scotland jobs in Dundee (a) have been created and (b) are expected to be created in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-10304

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what level of carbon production associated with energy generation it considers as low-carbon.

Question reference: S6W-10535

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its practical policy tests are in relation to its proposed action plan to reverse island depopulation.

Question reference: S6W-10553

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09822 by Jenny Gilruth on 5 August 2022, what the ScotRail budget has been in each year from 1 April 2016 to 1 April 2023, and, for each year, what proportion of the budget, expressed as a percentage, was allocated to (a) staff costs, (b) rolling stock improvements and changes, (c) station facilities, (d) rail replacement services, (e) maintenance, operations and upgrades and (f) any other headline category of spend used by ScotRail.

Question reference: S6W-10523

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to ensure that bus services are accessible to disabled people.

Question reference: S6W-10307

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09016 by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022, whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people have now received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority, based on the latest information available.

Question reference: S6W-10298

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) plans it has and (b) financial resources are available to support mental health services for adult adoptees.

Question reference: S6W-10435

  • 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 vulnerable people will have access to the drug, Evusheld, to protect against COVID-19 and, if so, when this will become available.

Question reference: S6W-10416

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

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provided to Scottish Canals in the transition to its change of status to a non-departmental public body.

Question reference: S6W-10439

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

To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to expand lived and living experience representation on the National Drugs Mission Oversight Group, given that three of the 20 members are described as lived and living experience representatives.