Skip to main content
Loading…

Seòmar agus comataidhean

Questions and answers

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Criathragan Hide all filters

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 3 December 2025
Answer status
Question type

Displaying 46359 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S6W-07354

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been, for people waiting for treatment through specialist mental health services for adults with learning disabilities, broken down by NHS board, in each of the last five years.  

Question reference: S6W-07397

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06381 by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2022, which NHS boards are currently providing in-person antenatal classes.

Question reference: S6W-07291

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reform access to healthcare for homeless people.

Question reference: S6W-07307

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) scope and (b) timeline is of the empty homes audit.

Question reference: S6W-07254

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged (a) 25 to 50 and (b) 51 to 75 have been convicted of drug driving in each of the last five years; how many have had their licence removed, and what the average period of disqualification was.

Question reference: S6W-07376

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many victims of modern slavery have been identified in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-07359

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Homes for Scotland report, The Social and Economic Benefits of Home Building in Scotland.  

Question reference: S6W-07310

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether all SQA staff, who wish to, will automatically be transferred to a role in the new body/bodies and, if this is not the case, whether it can provide details of the (a) process whereby they will be able to be redeployed across the public sector and (b) timescales for this to take place, and, if the requested information is not yet available, by when it anticipates that it will be known.

Question reference: S6W-06898

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to address the reported backlog of NHS hospital appointments for children and young people, in particular for those aged 15 to 17.

Question reference: S6W-07496

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people are currently waiting for an additional support needs (ASN) diagnosis in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area.