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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 3 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-09667

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the written evidence, including the recommendations, of the Scottish Private Nursery Association submitted to the Education, Children and Young People Committee in connection with its meeting on 25 May 2022.

Question reference: S6W-10448

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with AstraZeneca, which is a manufacturer of tixagevimab–cilgavimab, also known as Evusheld, regarding how to ensure that patients in Scotland are able to access this preventative treatment for COVID-19.

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-10460

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-10087 and S6W-10089 by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022, whether it will provide the dates of when the meetings that discussed these issues took place.

Question reference: S6W-10388

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) private operations and (b) diagnostic procedures have been commissioned by the NHS from the private sector in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-10387

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, compared with the period from October to December 2019, in the period from October to December 2021 in Scotland there has been an increase of 136% in patients paying for private cataract operations, 169% increase in private hip-replacement operations, and 111% increase in private knee operations.

Question reference: S6W-10385

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported increase in the number of people using private healthcare.

Question reference: S6W-10457

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many beds it currently has procured for temporary accommodation for each mode of accommodation, including cruise ship and hotel.

Question reference: S6W-10438

  • 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 how it will ensure impartial scrutiny from the National Drugs Mission Oversight Group, given that it is chaired by the Minister for Drugs Policy and in light of reports that the membership of the group is at the invitation of the Minister.

Question reference: S6W-10443

  • 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 the full operational costs of Circularity Scotland in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.