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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 3 November 2025
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Question reference: S6W-41625

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to monitor any post-separation abuse of victims who have left a coercive and abusive relationship.

Question reference: S6W-41622

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to raise awareness of the recommendation that everyone aged five and over in Scotland should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D, particularly during the winter months.

Question reference: S6W-41628

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many calls the Disclosure Scotland helpline has received in the last 12 months, and what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded waiting time for a call to be answered was.

Question reference: S6W-41629

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the costs of illicit drug use since the publication in 2009 of its report, Assessing the scale and impact of illicit drug markets in Scotland, and what comparable research it has produced or commissioned since the publication.

Question reference: S6W-41620

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will adhere to the seven-year timescale set out in the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 to review local place plans, and report its findings to the Parliament.

Question reference: S6W-41619

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on services to support the relocation of civil servants to international offices in each year since 2021, broken down by cost type.

Question reference: S6W-41624

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support people after they leave a coercive and abusive relationship, particularly in relation to financial abuse.

Question reference: S6W-41606

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the number of people waiting for a social care assessment has risen by 32% in a year, that Age UK Scotland has stated that the government is “simply ignoring the collapse of social care in Scotland”, and that the National Care Service Advisory Board has spent £16,000 on hosting three meetings, what action it will take to respond to this reported crisis.

Question reference: S6W-41623

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work being taken to promote fair work principles in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-41627

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any recent analysis of the economic value of the A77.