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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 16 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-09178

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many rail replacement bus services ScotRail has provided on each day since it came into public ownership on 1 April 2022.

Question reference: S6W-09158

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-8571, S6W-8573 and S6W-8574 by Humza Yousaf on 30 May 2022, what treatments will be included on the new NHS website, and whether it will provide the information requested regarding by what date it anticipates the new website will go live.

Question reference: S6W-08893

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the travel cards issued to date as part of the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme have been used on more than 10 occasions since being issued, and, of those, what proportion have been used to take more than 10 journeys per week.

Question reference: S6O-01314

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact of rising fuel prices on workers in Scotland who rely on their own transport to carry out their job.

Question reference: S6O-01315

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 30 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in developing Scotland’s biotechnology sector.

Question reference: S6W-09102

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether all hardcopy paper responses to Scotland's Census 2022 will be digitally recorded in their entirety.

Question reference: S6W-09105

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what will happen to hardcopy paper responses to Scotland's Census 2022 after the information has been extracted.

Question reference: S6W-09245

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Save a Life for Scotland partnership.

Question reference: S6W-09104

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the information contained in hardcopy paper responses to Scotland's Census 2022 will be recorded.

Question reference: S6W-09103

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how treatment of hardcopy paper responses to Scotland's Census 2022 differs from the treatment of hardcopy paper responses to the (a) 2011 census and (b) 2021 census in England and Wales.