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The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

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Questions and answers

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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6W-12932

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the job description is for its new Chief Entrepreneur role.

Question reference: S6W-12935

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings its Chief Entrepreneur has had with businesses since his appointment.

Question reference: S6W-12883

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many homes in Scotland have been insulated with support from government funding in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-12879

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people in Scotland have claimed unemployment-related benefits in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age group and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-12878

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many companies are currently accredited to carry out home insulation work in each local authority area in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-12899

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12028 by Elena Whitham on 17 November 2022, whether Police Scotland has any plans to further engage on matters of human trafficking with other countries' police forces through the temporary recruitment of officers, and, if so, whether it will list each (a) police force and (b) recruitee job title.

Question reference: S6W-12904

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how often the stonemasonry training working group has met and when its last meeting was.

Question reference: S6W-12749

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking through the Fair Work Framework and Fair Work First initiatives to develop best-practice guidance on anti-sexist practices and prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Question reference: S6W-12800

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 19 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S5W-16968 by Humza Yousaf on 12 June 2018 and S6W-11891 by Jenny Gilruth on 22 November 2022, for what reason it is no longer able to provide a breakdown of operating subsidies on an airport-by-airport basis.

Question reference: S6W-13140

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils have received swimming lessons as a percentage of the school population in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.