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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 17 December 2025
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Question reference: S6O-05170

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated in its Budget for the improvement of road safety on the A77 trunk road.

Question reference: S6O-05184

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-41607

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a full timetable for meeting its 2021 election commitments on teacher workload reform.

Question reference: S6W-41610

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) to discuss action to avert the proposed industrial action related to teacher workload.

Question reference: S6W-41609

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of teacher numbers in 2025 compared with 2021, in the context of its contact time reduction pledge.

Question reference: S6W-41460

  • Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make it a requirement for data on the number of patients receiving care in corridors in hospitals to be regularly collected and published. 

Question reference: S6W-41626

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the (a) action that it has taken and (b) engagements that it has carried out in relation to improving road safety on the A77 ahead of winter.

Question reference: S6W-41629

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 12 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-41446

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the agreement by the UK Minister for Energy, during a debate at Westminster Hall led by John Lamont MP on 21 October 2025, to meet with residents in the Scottish Borders regarding their concerns about energy infrastructure, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy will meet the Community Council Convention of the Highland Council area to listen to similar concerns that they have raised.

Question reference: S6W-41613

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to address reports of “intolerable workloads” and teacher burnout in Scotland’s schools.