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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 16 May 2025
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Question reference: S6O-00787

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how the Distress Brief Intervention programme is supporting people experiencing mental health crises.

Question reference: S6O-00768

  • Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Dundee City Council regarding the local government funding settlement for 2022-23.

Question reference: S6O-00767

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for enabling local authorities to bring in a Transient Visitor Levy.

Question reference: S6O-00760

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports of the third successful civil damages case for rape, whether it will review the reasons why these cases were not prosecuted in the criminal courts.

Question reference: S6O-00761

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers are stationed in the Scottish Borders command area of the Lothians and Scottish Borders police division.

Question reference: S6O-00772

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support expanded recruitment of teaching assistants.

Question reference: S6O-00773

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the teaching unions.

Question reference: S6O-00774

  • Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how Curriculum for Excellence meets the needs of colleges and industries in providing appropriate learning to young people to allow them to progress to the next stage of their training.

Question reference: S6O-00779

  • Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comments of Glasgow City Council's new Executive Director of Education regarding reinstating the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy.

Question reference: S6O-00758

  • Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support is being offered to veterans across the country.