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

During dissolution, there are no MSPs and no parliamentary business can take place.

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Chamber and committees

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-39630

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it will make to ensure that television coverage of the Tour de France is free to air when the event comes to Scotland in 2027.

Question reference: S6W-39612

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to fund scholarships for foreign nationals in (a) higher and (b) further education in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S6W-39601

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic contribution of the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant to the Fife economy, including (a) direct employment, (b) supply-chain expenditure and (c) gross value added, in each of the last three calendar years.

Question reference: S6W-39602

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the continued operation of the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant aligns with Scotland’s statutory greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

Question reference: S6W-39807

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many children and young people have received treatment for an eating disorder in private healthcare facilities in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-39816

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many citizens’ assemblies it has held since May 2021, and what the cost has been of each assembly.

Question reference: S6W-39805

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have received treatment for an eating disorder in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-39670

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to adopt the 2022 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Guideline regarding the diagnosis of endometriosis in adolescents.

Question reference: S6W-39604

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on levels of fuel poverty in rural communities of the recent price trends of (a) heating oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and what measures it has identified to mitigate any such impact.

Question reference: S6W-39676

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost per unit has been to deliver an affordable home in each year since 2007, and what assessment it has made of how many additional homes could have been delivered if a greater share of investment had taken place during years when construction costs were lower.