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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-25648

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 1 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the numbers of wild deer in Scotland are a significant inhibitor to greater biodiversity.

Question reference: S6W-25492

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 1 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the concerns of BMA Scotland regarding the proposal that the General Medical Council rather than the Health and Care Professions Council should regulate anaesthesia associates and physician associates.

Question reference: S6W-25477

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23936 by Fiona Hyslop on 10 January 2024, notwithstanding that it has not yet made a decision on the procurement route, whether it has conducted any assessment of the estimated cost difference between the direct award of a contract and a competitive tendering process; when it expects the decision to be made on the procurement route, and when it expects to update the Parliament on the decision.

Question reference: S6W-25229

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21824 by Jenny Gilruth on 26 October 2023, what percentage of teaching posts have been (a) permanent and (b) temporary in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S6W-25896

  • Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when the next paper in the Building a New Scotland series will be published.

Question reference: S6W-25466

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the recommendations outlined in The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, by the Patient Safety Commissioner for England, Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE; what consideration it has given to delivering an initial £20,000 financial redress payment for mesh injured women in Scotland in 2024-25, and whether there is any potential for further compensation.

Question reference: S6W-25426

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the occupied range of feral pigs in Scotland, and the extent of any damage being caused by the pigs.

Question reference: S6W-25116

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support the development of a capital endowment scheme for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust to provide a sustainable income stream to tackle any issues that are facing former coalfield communities without their reliance on the current annual revenue grant.

Question reference: S6W-25585

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of new woodland creation it expects will be delivered through sources of funding other than the Forestry Grant Scheme in the 2024-25 planting scheme, and for each subsequent planting season.

Question reference: S6W-25584

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of new woodland creation the Forestry Grant Scheme will deliver in the 2024-25 planting season, and for each subsequent planting season.