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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 12 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-09828

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

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress NatureScot has made in introducing a pilot for community deer management in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-09818

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported delays on the NHS 24 111 calls service. 

Question reference: S6W-09856

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the potential impact of avian influenza on the upcoming shooting season.

Question reference: S6W-09833

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries there are and what percentage of those have dedicated mental health professionals; and how many (a) additional mental health professionals in GP surgeries have been recruited under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 and (b) mental health professionals in total are based in GP surgeries, as of 1 April 2022.

Question reference: S6W-09838

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many pre-clearing funded undergraduate university places were offered to applicants living in Dumfries and Galloway in 2022, broken down by institution.

Question reference: S6W-09974

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many acres of peatlands were restored in 2021.

Question reference: S6W-10187

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to make regulations under section 4 of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 to enable marriages to become civil partnerships.  

Question reference: S6W-09870

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from the incineration of fossil carbon that (a) were emitted from 2007 to 2021 and (b) will be emitted from 2022 to 2024.

Question reference: S6W-09902

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the Project Neptune review of ferry governance will be published.

Question reference: S6W-09770

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the next Audit Scotland report on roads will be published, and how it (a) measures and (b) publishes information on (i) roads funding, (ii) spending on maintenance and (iii) the condition of roads as a result of investment.