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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 17 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-10140

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 30 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in the last 12 months on funding third-sector organisations that help children and vulnerable groups.

Question reference: S6W-10131

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what advice and support the Never Use Alone phone line, run by the charity We Are With You, provides.

Question reference: S6W-10130

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have used the Never Use Alone phone line, run by the charity We Are With You, since its launch, and, of those, how many have been referred to (a) drug treatment services and (b) other forms of support.

Question reference: S6W-10261

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the 4.5% pay increase for NHS staff will be implemented, and whether it will be backdated to 1 April 2022.

Question reference: S6W-10366

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many dental nursing vacancies currently exist across Scotland, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-10493

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it provided funding to (a) Glasgow City Council, (b) the City of Edinburgh Council and (c) Aberdeen City Council to assist with their bids to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, prior to the announcement of the final shortlist.

Question reference: S6W-10513

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to urgently ensure that repair work is carried out at (a) Campbeltown Sheriff Court, (b) Lochgilphead JP Court and (c) Oban Sheriff Court, in light of recent media reports on this.

Question reference: S6W-10492

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been (a) provided and (b) committed to Glasgow City Council to assist it with its bid to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in light of the announcement from the BBC and European Broadcasting Union that Glasgow made the shortlist.

Question reference: S6W-10494

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government in order to support Glasgow’s bid to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.

Question reference: S6W-10065

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether works to alter the cladding at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh has been undertaken, and whether there is a timeline in place for work to be carried out that will make the building compliant with building standards.