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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 15 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-38675

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to the taxpayer has been of all special advisers since the appointment of the current First Minister.

Question reference: S6W-38706

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the long-term solution for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful section is the quickest and most economical solution, and, if it considers this to be the case, what the reasons are for it not being progressed.

Question reference: S6W-38681

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many homes have been assessed as below the legal tolerable standard in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-38705

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the current proposal for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful section is (a) deliverable and (b) affordable, and what assessment has been made of the potential impact on the economy of Argyll while it is being constructed.

Question reference: S6W-38717

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what specific support it is providing to rural local authorities and communities to address fly-tipping in remote and sparsely populated areas, in light of the commitments in the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-38595

  • Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its grant agreements and contracts, what its position is on whether excluding employment costs arising from legal obligations to employees, including parental leave, sick leave and redundancy, from eligible costs, is in keeping with its fair work commitments.

Question reference: S6W-38003

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has undertaken any internal economic modelling of the potential impact on trade of introducing customs checks at Gretna and Berwick in an independent Scotland, and, if so, whether it will publish this.

Question reference: S6W-38154

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce any measures to ensure that female prisoners are not subjected to any unwanted sexual advances from biological males housed in the same facility.

Question reference: S6W-38694

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out regarding retrofitting traditional or listed buildings in rural and island areas.

Question reference: S6W-38674

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the long-term health impacts of any delayed or inaccessible dental care in deprived communities.