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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 26 August 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39911

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current (a) cost of and (b) spend on measures to tackle violence against women and girls.

Question reference: S6W-39914

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when a national framework of trauma-informed training and workforce development on violence against women and girls will be implemented across the (a) public and (b) third sector.

Question reference: S6W-39913

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether a new, sustainable long-term funding model for tackling violence against women and girls has been developed.

Question reference: S6W-39912

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Sustainable Funding Project Board, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S6W-40048

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to (a) identify any specific barriers preventing girls from feeling safe in public play spaces and (b) develop guidance for public bodies to address any such barriers.

Question reference: S6W-40050

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the conclusions of the scoping exercise that it committed to undertake under the Equally Safe strategy of the qualitative and quantitative data on violence against women and girls that exists locally and nationally, to identify gaps and areas for future improvement.

Question reference: S6W-40058

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the cost to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from four police stations in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-40056

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Scottish Police Federation to discuss the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in four police stations, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S6W-40049

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to (a) consider how it connects and shares data with other public protection areas and (b) use data and evidence to support conversations to (i) prevent and reduce harm to and (ii) improve outcomes for (A) adult and (B) child victim-survivors of violence against women and girls.

Question reference: S6W-40057

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the cost to remove asbestos from 177 police stations in Scotland.