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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 19 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37547

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a judicial register of interests by the end of the current parliamentary session. 

Question reference: S6W-37544

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to launch its consultation on whether the dual functions of the Law Officers, as head of the independent prosecution service and principal legal advisers to the Scottish Government should be separated, in light of the commitment on page 36 of the Scottish National Party 2021 manifesto. 

Question reference: S6W-37546

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many recommendations of the report, Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing, have been implemented to date.   

Question reference: S6W-37548

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many local authority areas the Caledonian System currently operates within.

Question reference: S6W-37545

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many local authorities currently provide restorative justice services.

Question reference: S6W-37549

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to publish a strategy on ending intimate and sexual violence against men and boys.

Question reference: S6W-37400

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered sex offenders have changed their given name since 2023. 

Question reference: S6W-37327

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00204 by Graeme Dey on 4 June 2021, which businesses and individuals it has provided funding to since 1 January 2021 to date "through the LEZ Support Fund to assist small businesses and individuals with the cost of complying with the LEZ requirements", broken down by (a) how much was provided to each recipient and (b) the city location, or nearest city, of each recipient.

Question reference: S6W-37328

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the Low Emission Zone Support Fund for households since its introduction; what proportion of that was allocated to be used for eligible households within the relevant area in Aberdeen, and how much of that allocation was distributed to eligible households.

Question reference: S6W-37329

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 22 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Retrofit Fund has been allocated to be used for businesses in Aberdeen's LEZ since its introduction, and how much of that allocation was distributed to businesses.