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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-04159

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the final aims and principles or brief for the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.

Question reference: S6W-04084

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that (a) there are enough registered Green Deal installers in every part of Scotland and (b) small businesses and sole traders do not lose out when bidding for this work.

Question reference: S6W-04115

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken to address heat pump installations being put on hold or cancelled due to delays in upgrading power supplies.

Question reference: S6W-04051

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many schools will offer cycling proficiency training to pupils in 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-04073

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03690 by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2021, whether it will provide funding to the additional 21 local authorities that have signed up to the Household Waste Charter to help them to become fully aligned with it, and if so, whether the funding will be provided through (a) Zero Waste Scotland or (b) other means.

Question reference: S6W-04110

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a comprehensive timescale for the (a) consultation on and (b) publication of a circular economy bill.

Question reference: S6W-04102

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how the (a) research and (b) findings from Zero Waste Scotland's report on biostablisation will be incorporated into its incineration review.

Question reference: S6W-03957

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will allow people to obtain a paper copy of their vaccine status from their GP if they do not have access to online services or a smartphone.

Question reference: S6W-04184

  • Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to help address the reported concerns of people living in Uig, Lewis, regarding mobile signal and 4G access, in light of reports of difficulties in getting EE to facilitate repairs to their local masts more timeously.

Question reference: S6W-04158

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a timeline for the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.