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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 19 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-08021

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support is available to people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Question reference: S6W-08052

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Young Patients Family Fund will cover travel to elsewhere in the UK for treatment.

Question reference: S6W-08051

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the Young Patients Family Fund to include support for 18- to 25-year-olds.

Question reference: S6W-08050

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the Young Patients Family Fund to cover outpatient as well as inpatient treatment.

Question reference: S6W-08047

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much was allocated for (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses from the Young Patients Family Fund in 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-08042

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding the Chief Scientist Office provided for clinical research in each year since 2012.

Question reference: S6W-08049

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated for the Young Patients Family Fund in 2022-23.

Question reference: S6W-08055

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the level of elder abuse in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-08082

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many of Scotland’s universities and colleges have formally adopted the IHRA definition on antisemitism, and what steps it is taking to encourage more higher education providers to endorse this definition.

Question reference: S6W-08078

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring that harms from drugs and alcohol, which were cited in the Budget 2022-23 as "twin public health emergencies", are being addressed with equal urgency and importance.