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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 25 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-13377

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the publication of the Drug Seizures and Offender Characteristics 2020-21 statistics has reportedly been delayed.

Question reference: S6W-13385

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many currently serving police officers have criminal records.

Question reference: S6W-13127

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress towards its target of ensuring that all homes achieve at least an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C by 2033, where technically feasible and cost effective.

Question reference: S6W-13101

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to reduce waiting lists for afterschool childcare.

Question reference: S6W-13100

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to private nurseries that cannot compete with salaries offered by local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-13134

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to help develop path networks on disused railway lines.

Question reference: S6W-13098

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to recover the reported 11,363 childminding places lost since 2016.

Question reference: S6W-13015

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out how it calculated that the extension of Scottish Child Payment amounts to £1,300 per eligible child.

Question reference: S6W-13136

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on home insulation programmes in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-13096

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the current composition is of the ScotRail Trains Limited train operating company fleet in terms of ownership by third-party rolling stock companies.