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The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

During dissolution, there are no MSPs and no parliamentary business can take place.

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Questions and answers

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 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S4W-22914

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) the NHS in the last four years to assist in providing services for people with autism.

Question reference: S4O-03702

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will use technology to improve access to primary healthcare services.

Question reference: S4W-22916

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many people with autism aged (a) under and (b) over 18 have been sectioned under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in the last four years and how many were assessed in a hospital outside of (i) their NHS board area and (ii) Scotland, broken down by (A) NHS board and (B) location of hospital.

Question reference: S4W-22862

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist mental health officers there have been in each local authority area in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-22865

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist mental health officers have been recruited in each of the last five years; what support local authorities receive to assist with recruitment, and what the Scottish Government has done to increase recruitment.

Question reference: S4W-22863

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been sectioned under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S4W-22864

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many children sectioned under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 have been detained in non-specialist units in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-22858

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the delivery of chemotherapy services by hospitals with areas of significant deprivation in their catchment areas.

Question reference: S4W-22857

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it considers an NHS board should use when deciding which hospitals will offer outreach chemotherapy services.

Question reference: S4W-22856

  • Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how far it considers reasonable for a cancer patient to travel to receive chemotherapy services.