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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 27 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-32280

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle drug-driving, and how effective these measures have been.

Question reference: S6W-32547

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport on 21 November 2024, how it plans to progress plans for a National Social Work Agency, and what timetable for parliamentary scrutiny it plans to propose.

Question reference: S6W-32410

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the new duties on employers under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 regarding the prevention of sexual harassment of staff, how ScotRail is meeting its duty to take reasonable steps to prevent its employees from being subject to such harassment, including from third parties; whether it has asked ScotRail to (a) update its anti-harassment policies and (b) produce an updated risk assessment, and what its position is on whether ScotRail’s reported plans to reduce ticket office opening hours at 101 stations is compatible with the new duties. 

Question reference: S6W-32383

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04114 by Alasdair Allan on 12 December 2024, whether its final energy strategy will address its involvement in the (a) Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance and (b) Under2 Coalition.

Question reference: S6W-32188

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what specific measures are being taken to train teachers in recognising any impact of endometriosis on students’ (a) attendance and (b) academic performance.

Question reference: S6W-32129

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31821 by Shona Robison on 9 December 2024, whether it will provide the (a) estimated cost of supplying the information requested and (b) number of legal cases it would have to consider in order to provide an answer to the question, and what range of data it would consider reasonable in order to provide an answer to question S6W-31821.

Question reference: S6W-32130

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31824 by Shona Robison on 9 December 2024, for what reason it considered that there would be a disproportionate cost in providing data for appointments prior to 2020, in light of such data being provided in the answer to question S6W-12529, and whether it will set out the (a) cost of supplying the answer to question S6W-12529 and (b) estimated cost of providing pre-2020 data for question S6W-31824.

Question reference: S6W-32406

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring it carries out of the reasons for train delays and cancellations, and what that main problems are that lead to these.

Question reference: S6W-32435

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-02170 by Fiona Hyslop on 5 November 2024, what further details it can provide regarding what plans it has in place to ensure the protection of women and girls in the event that the proposed reduction in staffed hours at ScotRail station ticket offices is accepted.

Question reference: S6W-32384

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-04114 by Alasdair Allan on 12 December 2024, whether it will commit to publishing its final energy strategy in the first quarter of 2025.