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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 4 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36769

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for patients to access diabetic (a) glucose monitoring and closed-loop insulin pumps and (b) insulin pumps.

Question reference: S6W-36821

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what specific support is being provided to farmers and food producers in areas affected by below-average rainfall and dwindling groundwater levels.

Question reference: S6W-36803

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how lessons learned from the situation at Grangemouth refinery will be incorporated into transition planning for the (a) workforce and (b) communities currently reliant on oil and gas.

Question reference: S6W-36816

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many care packages for vulnerable people have been reduced or cancelled as a result of reported Integration Joint Board budget shortfalls.

Question reference: S6W-36790

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting NHS Grampian to implement placental growth factor (PlGF) testing for pre-eclampsia, and when it expects the test to be available.

Question reference: S6W-36801

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide support for the workers at Grangemouth refinery in the interim period prior to any developments from Project Willow.

Question reference: S6W-36802

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how (a) workers and (b) the community in Grangemouth have been engaged in developing the Project Willow recommendations, and how will they be engaged in its delivery.

Question reference: S6W-36767

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of access to the drug, Givinostat.

Question reference: S6W-36792

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide additional financial support for NHS boards to allow more adults with type 1 diabetes access to closed-loop systems.

Question reference: S6W-36806

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is carrying out to introduce a criminal law in respect of non-fatal strangulation.