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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 25 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-08420

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Empire, Slavery and Scotland's Museums steering group.

Question reference: S6W-08421

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether full consideration is being given to the Sugar Warehouse in Greenock as a potential location for a national slavery museum, as part of action to address historic links to the transatlantic slave trade.

Question reference: S6W-08358

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of children and young people are currently beginning treatment for mental health conditions within 18 weeks of referral in NHS Lanarkshire.

Question reference: S6W-08371

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of animal theft there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by species.

Question reference: S6W-08385

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how its guidance on recording incidents of bullying in schools is being implemented by (a) North Lanarkshire Council and (b) other local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-08473

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support communities affected by recent bank branch closures, and what representations it is making to those banks regarding their proposals to close branches. 

Question reference: S6W-08035

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 13 May 2022

To ask the Government how it plans to mitigate fuel poverty among social housing tenants, in light of the recent energy price cap increase and the data from the Zero Emissions Social Housing Taskforce showing that over one third of social tenants already experience fuel poverty.

Question reference: S6W-08253

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Department for International Trade regarding any investor-state dispute settlements in relation to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that may impact on Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-08254

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Department for (a) International Trade and (b) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regarding any impact on Scotland of the reported exclusion of investment protection for fossil fuel investments in the Energy Charter Treaty.

Question reference: S6W-08307

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 13 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of dwellings in each local authority area use (a) oil, (b) mains gas, (c) electricity, (d) community heating schemes, (e) heat pumps and (f) other sources as the main fuel type or method of central heating.