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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 20 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-08229

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that sexual harassment is treated as a health and safety concern.

Question reference: S6W-08093

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make access to early medical abortion via telemedicine permanent and, if so, within what timescale.

Question reference: S6W-08069

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the SNP manifesto commitment to create a brand marque for Scotland, including when it anticipates that this will be introduced.

Question reference: S6W-08046

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated from the Young Patients Family Fund for cancer patients in 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-08280

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07335 by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022, which details funding provided to the Scottish Huntington’s Association prior to the lodging of motion S6M-00923, which was supported by 99 MSPs of all parties, what steps it has taken since the lodging of the motion to act on its call to expand specialist Huntington’s disease services in line with rising cases.

Question reference: S6W-08267

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to (a) further extend and (b) review, in order to reflect the current situation facing pig farmers, the Pig Producers Hardship Support Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-08262

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) in the last five years, and how much it plans to provide in the next five years.

Question reference: S6W-08273

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people convicted of possessing indecent images of children have been given a custodial sentence, broken down by the length of sentence, in each of the last 10 full financial years.

Question reference: S6W-08264

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many successful prosecutions there have been for livestock theft in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-08281

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07335 by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022, whether it will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Scottish Huntington’s Association in each year since 2012.