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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 12 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-10531

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £50 million announced in June 2022 to support a new approach to reduce A&E waiting times has been allocated to date, broken down by the amount allocated to each NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-10528

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been treated in each of the Early Cancer Diagnosis Centres that are currently operational to date.

Question reference: S6W-10554

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the combined generating capacity in GW will be of the projects that it anticipates will be constructed under the ScotWind leasing round; whether it remains of the view, set out in its 2020 Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, that "...an overall national limit on generating capacity of 10GW was required as a mitigation measure”, and what the total actual investments in the Scottish supply chain will be, in light of the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport's reported statement in January 2022 that ScotWind "will secure investment in the Scottish supply chain of at least £1 billion for every GW of power".

Question reference: S6W-10436

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any local authority has requested an extension to the deadline for establishing a short-term lets licensing scheme by 1 October 2022, and what consideration has been given to any such request.

Question reference: S6W-10774

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of its review of Individual Placement and Support employability services.

Question reference: S6W-10704

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Section 70 complaint procedures under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 provide an option for the complainant to consent to the publication of an unredacted version of the final decision they receive.

Question reference: S6W-10739

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who have been issued a visa under its Super Sponsor scheme are currently receiving free tuition to study in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-10885

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action (a) it and (b) SEPA has taken to review the environmental impact of fish health medicines on the environment, in light of recommendation 32 of the session four Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee's 9th Report (Session 5), Salmon Farming in Scotland (SP paper 432).

Question reference: S6W-10948

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government by what date access to universal free school meals will be made available to children and young people in (a) primary 6, (b) primary 7 and (c) secondary schools.

Question reference: S6W-10883

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

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on recommendation 52 of the session four Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee's 9th Report (Session 5), Salmon Farming in Scotland (SP paper 432), that "strategic guidance on the siting of salmon farms should also be viewed as a material consideration in planning terms".