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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 7 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-29884

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the budget to deliver the planned HMP Highland will be reduced, in light of the wider budgetary pressures highlighted in its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024.

Question reference: S6W-29824

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it next plans to publish its Analysis of the National Performance Framework Indicators from the Perspective of Disability.

Question reference: S6W-29783

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what specific metrics will be included in the monitoring and evaluation of residential rehabilitation through the core minimum dataset.

Question reference: S6W-29363

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether there was any increase in passenger levels on the (a) Aberdeen to Inverness and (b) Perth to Inverness route during the ScotRail peak fares removal pilot compared with passenger levels prior to the pilot being introduced, and, if so, whether it can outline this as a percentage of passengers.

Question reference: S6W-29282

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned date of commencement of the prohibition of the use of snares, as provided for in the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024.

Question reference: S6W-29943

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its policy on the procurement of power for the public sector (a) incentivises, (b) facilitates, (c) inhibits and (d) discriminates against community-owned energy providers and public bodies taking self-owned power generating initiatives.

Question reference: S6W-29941

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided guidance or direction to Procurement Scotland that seeks to ensure that community-owned energy providers and public body self-owned generation within a local authority area are not disadvantaged in any national electricity supply procurement arrangements.

Question reference: S6W-29926

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Practitioner Advisory Group to reform and modernise the compulsory purchase process.

Question reference: S6W-29940

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) local authorities and (b) other public sector organisations generating power must sell that power to the Scottish Government or the appointed contractor under Scotland's national electricity supply framework, or whether they are free to find the best price for their power in the open market and remain part of the wider portfolio of national procurement arrangements.

Question reference: S6W-29937

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities are required to participate in Scotland's national electricity supply framework arrangements.