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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

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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39192

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers have been refused permission to work second jobs in the past five years.

Question reference: S6W-39297

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on what proportion of new cars registered in Scotland in 2024 were acquired through the Accessible Vehicles and Equipment Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-39296

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to the International Commission of European Citizens (ICEC) in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-39168

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 10 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether prostitution is a form of violence against women, and what legislative steps it is taking to address this issue.

Question reference: S6W-38928

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards exist to ensure that victims and the courts are aware of an offender’s full history in gender identity cases.

Question reference: S6W-39049

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether employee ownership is a sustainable business ownership model, and on what evidence its assessment of this matter is based.

Question reference: S6W-38938

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many buses have been ordered by Transport Scotland or the Scottish Government from manufacturers in China in the past five years.

Question reference: S6W-35411

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much public money has been spent to date on defending legal challenges related to its policies on gender self-identification.

Question reference: S6W-39183

  • 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 how it will monitor and enforce the return to use of the reported 43,000 long-term empty properties.

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.