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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 29 April 2024
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Question reference: S5W-02467

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 14 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the large business supplement rate has been for (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK since 2011.

Question reference: S5O-00145

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2016
  • Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to the Audit Scotland report, Supporting Scotland's Economic Growth, The role of the Scottish Government and its economic development agencies.

Question reference: S5O-00008

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
  • Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what the average wait in weeks was for child and adolescent mental health services in NHS Forth Valley for patients who started their treatment in the last quarter of 2015.