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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 22 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19908

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that its breast cancer screening programme for women over the age of 70 will resume in full.

Question reference: S6W-19887

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what happens when recipients of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) Scotland 2015 Fund return any unused funds for any reason, including death.

Question reference: S6W-19861

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many employers have used the Healthy Working Lives digital platform since its launch in 2022.

Question reference: S6W-19857

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19056 by Fiona Hyslop on 29 June 2023, for what reason, in Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's (SPT) application for an accessibility standards exemption for the new Glasgow Subway trains, under the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Applications for Exemption Orders) Regulations 2010, published on 6 February 2023, it reportedly states that "The first new trains are scheduled to enter passenger service January 2023 to March 2023", in light of its answer stating that "Introductory dates for the new trains into passenger service have not been set by SPT nor has SPT previously set out proposed introductory dates in reporting", and what the revised schedule is for the new trains to enter passenger service.

Question reference: S6W-19853

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding in total it has provided to the Progress Educational Trust.

Question reference: S6W-19833

  • Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) the dates of all meetings that have taken place involving the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, the Scottish Government and NHS Tayside regarding expediting waits for urogynaecology treatments in NHS Tayside and (b) a list of attendees at each meeting.

Question reference: S6W-19838

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish a new edition of the Scottish Ministerial Code.

Question reference: S6W-19831

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it can improve access to free continence pads for men living with prostate cancer, in particular, those who experience bladder and bowel incontinence, including awareness of whether pads are available free of charge and how they can access them. 

Question reference: S6W-19830

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing a requirement for incontinence bins in all public toilets, in light of the reported large number of men who experience bladder and bowel incontinence. 

Question reference: S6W-19821

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of its Mental Health Strategy, whether it will provide an update on when it plans to publish a student mental health plan.