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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 15 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-10374

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when its Autism and Learning Disabilities team last met with each of the Health and Social Care Partnership leads.

Question reference: S6W-10168

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a breakdown of funding provided to local authorities that has been ringfenced for net zero projects, in each of the last three years.  

Question reference: S6W-10267

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease have been reported in Scotland in each year since 1996.

Question reference: S6W-10338

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ban plastic tree guards and promote the use of delayed biodegradable tree guards.

Question reference: S6W-10534

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures reported in the Times Education Supplement stating that only 50% of post-probationary primary teachers are expected to be in work in Scottish state schools by September 2022, down from 77% in 2021.

Question reference: S6W-10201

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many excess deaths there were during July 2022, and in the event that there were excess deaths, what plans it has to assess the extent to which they may be related to the heatwave that month.

Question reference: S6O-01329

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has done on the potential impact on the sale price of new homes of its proposal to introduce new building standards to prohibit the use of direct emissions heating systems in new builds from 2024.

Question reference: S6O-01330

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many houses it estimates need to be built to tackle the current housing waiting lists in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-01319

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest alcohol-related deaths statistics.

Question reference: S6O-01322

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Orkney and what issues were discussed.