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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 21 February 2025
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Question reference: S6W-00859

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support parents and carers to avoid using their car to travel to and from school.

Question reference: S6W-00835

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the National Transition Training Fund, in regard to its net zero ambitions.

Question reference: S6W-01045

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what protections there are for older people who have been mis-sold mobility scooters.

Question reference: S6W-00875

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many children in each (a) local authority and (b) NHS board area have been born drug-dependent in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-00758

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the University of Stirling regarding alternatives to hotel quarantine measures for its students who are returning from red list countries.

Question reference: S6W-00751

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many empty commercial properties there have been in each local authority in the South Scotland parliamentary region, in each year since 2011.

Question reference: S6W-01193

  • Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what financial support will be made available to NHS Boards in responding to COVID-19 in 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-00841

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help prevent chronic stress among officers, and how much funding it has provided in each year since 2019-20 in mental health support for officers experiencing this condition.

Question reference: S6W-00838

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many Police Scotland officers in U Division (Ayrshire) have been engaged daily in backroom duties in each month since April 2018.

Question reference: S6W-00779

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31987 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 1 October 2020, whether it will provide an update on the progress of plans to ensure that any missed HPV vaccinations are rescheduled.