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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 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-09776

  • Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the final recruitment figures under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027, which ended in March 2022, will be published.

Question reference: S6W-09524

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the introduction in 2014 of the prior notification process for hill tracks constructed for agriculture or forestry succeeded in preventing harmful environmental impacts.

Question reference: S6W-09526

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to exclude P&O Ferries owner, DP World, from the consortiums bidding for a Green Freeport in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-09336

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on Scotland's seabird colonies is appropriately assessed, and any actions coordinated, with input from bodies such as the Scottish Seabird Centre.

Question reference: S6W-09351

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a national food emergency, whether it will participate in a national summit to assist in the delivery of a plan to help feed people and ensure that their basic needs are met.

Question reference: S6W-09546

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Thistle Seafoods, the new owners of the former Dawnfresh site in Uddingston, regarding (a) its commitment to Fair Work and (b) ensuring the continuation of trade union recognition for the staff and site.

Question reference: S6W-09564

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has done on whether the Scotland Reserve's £700 million cap will be breached in the next five years.

Question reference: S6W-09335

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of how the social care sector will adhere to infection control and PPE guidance following the withdrawal of Scottish Government funding, and whether it plans to change the guidance.

Question reference: S6W-09348

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the reasons were for its decision that school children in Scotland would not automatically receive the commemorative book for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

Question reference: S6W-09406

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the recruitment target is for mental health workers in primary care settings specifically.