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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 29 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39223

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the remit of the next HIV Transmission Elimination Delivery Plan to include a (a) goal of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030 and (b) commitment to ensure that people living with HIV in Scotland are supported to remain in care and have a good quality of life.

Question reference: S6W-39178

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to a full review of the current funding and commissioning model for secure care.

Question reference: S6W-39191

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the reason why hundreds of police officers are reportedly having to work second jobs.

Question reference: S6W-39179

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that any community-based hubs, as proposed in the report, Reimagining Secure Care Final Report: A Vision for the Reimagined/Future World, are sustainably funded and equitably delivered across Scotland, particularly in rural and remote communities.

Question reference: S6W-39225

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what individual characteristics Police Scotland records in its crime reporting system, and whether there are any characteristics that are not recorded that the Scottish Government believes should be.

Question reference: S6W-39227

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the measures that are in place at Police Scotland to deal with police officer trauma are sufficient.

Question reference: S6W-39226

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what characteristics it (a) collates and (b) publishes regarding those convicted of committing child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Question reference: S6W-39242

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many recorded (a) closures and (b) delays there have been on the Edinburgh City Bypass in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-39177

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the concerns raised in the report, Reimagining Secure Care Final Report: A Vision for the Reimagined/Future World, regarding inadequate mental health provision for children in secure care, and how it plans to ensure access to consistent, trauma-responsive services.

Question reference: S6W-39224

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38853 by Natalie Don-Innes on 27 June 2025, what its position is, regarding how they could apply in Scotland, on the measures announced by the Home Secretary for England and Wales in response to the UK Government's national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse.