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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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 26 April 2025
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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.

Question reference: S6W-04123

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to public bodies regarding the use of court action in response to industrial and/or strike action.

Question reference: S6W-03867

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many civil service jobs have been redistributed to the South Scotland region over the past five years, broken down by area.

Question reference: S6W-04292

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported outbreak of avian influenza in Angus, for what reason there is not routine vaccination against this virus in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-04259

  • 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 the (a) Cunninghame, (b) Irvine and (c) Trust Housing Associations for the construction of new housing in each year between 1999 and 2011.

Question reference: S6W-04061

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the 465 million euros allocated from the European Social Fund for the period 2014-2020 has (a) been spent and (b) returned to the EU as unspent or decommitted funds.

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-04235

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government which sites have had river gravel extraction licences granted in each of the last five years.