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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 3 April 2026
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Question reference: S6W-19682

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that West Lothian Council has requested financial assistance from the Scottish Government to assist with the removal of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, whether any other (a) public sector and (b) private sector bodies have contacted the Scottish Government about this.

Question reference: S6W-19653

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will launch an internal review to consider the reasons that the number of approved homes as part of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme has reportedly dropped by 50% since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-19731

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Dance Base since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19728

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Edinburgh International Book Festival since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19909

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much Barnett consequential funding it expects to receive as a result of the announcement by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport to expand Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Music Fund by £5 million over the next two years, and what its response is to calls to similarly ring-fence any such funding for grassroots music venues in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-19870

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how biodiversity and habitat connectivity is monitored in productive forests and woodlands, as set out in the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045.

Question reference: S6W-20039

  • Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it will progress its commitment to work with local government and other partners to reduce the number of people living in temporary accommodation.

Question reference: S6W-19846

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations of the Short Life Working Group on Economic and Social Opportunities for Gaelic, what it is doing to address affordable housing for young families and young people in rural communities.

Question reference: S6W-19525

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of Lord Braid's opinion on the judicial review of the City of Edinburgh Council's short-term lets licensing policy, what discussions it has had with (a) COSLA and (b) local authorities regarding the possible implications for other short-term let licensing schemes in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-19526

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it did not consider the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 to be the most appropriate means of regulating the short-term let sector, in the same manner as private rented landlords.