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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 11 February 2025
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Question reference: S6O-04022

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported disproportionately lower levels of social security uptake among ethnic minority groups.

Question reference: S6O-03988

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what ongoing discussions the finance secretary is having with ministerial colleagues and officials regarding the planning of portfolio budgets in the lead up to the publication of its Budget for 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-30964

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that emergency care is maintained for patients requiring air ambulance services, in light of any issues created by the issuance of CAP1264 by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Question reference: S6W-29825

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its proposed Adults with Incapacity Bill as outlined in its Programme for Government 2024-25, whether it plans to consult on each of the recommendations contained under Recommendation 13.3 of the final report of the Mental Health Law Review, which relate to amending the power of attorney scheme.

Question reference: S6O-03797

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to bring down processing times for the Adult Disability Payment, in light of the most recent high level statistics from Social Security Scotland indicating a reversal in the previous reduction to processing times.

Question reference: S6W-29669

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to open the £10 million Changing Places toilet fund, in light of the reprofiling of the commencement of the fund, as detailed in the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, published on 3 September 2024.

Question reference: S6W-29668

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is still committed to investing £10 million in Changing Places toilets by the end of the current parliamentary session, in light of the reprofiling of the commencement of the Changing Places toilet fund, as detailed in the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, published on 3 September 2024.

Question reference: S6W-29670

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, prior to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, in her letter to the Convener of Finance and Public Administration Committee, that the Changing Places toilet fund would be reprofiled, what work it had undertaken to prepare for the fund to open at the start of 2025, as previously committed to by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport.

Question reference: S6O-03747

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent report from the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit, which highlights that "core outcomes related to inequalities and health are not improving significantly and some are getting worse".

Question reference: S6W-29141

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 August 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is committed to continued support through Transport Scotland of SUSTRANS’ Places for Everyone programme, as part of its commitment to supporting active travel.