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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: S6W-24535

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy will instruct the Grangemouth Future Industry Board to appoint representatives from (a) Petroineos Grangemouth, (b) Unite the Union and (c) local businesses.

Question reference: S6W-24631

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22701 by Christina McKelvie on 10 November 2023, how many times the Culture Conveners group, which it co-chairs along with COSLA, has met since January 2020.

Question reference: S6W-24566

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any reasons for the proportion of prisoners serving sentences of one year or less increasing by 6% in 2022-23 despite the presumption against short-term sentences.

Question reference: S6W-24512

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of Scottish Water’s leakage rate, as a proportion of the water put into supply, in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-24510

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it will next assess the priority status of funding for proposed flood mitigation measures in Dundee.

Question reference: S6W-24463

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what additional support for training it is considering providing to UK Apprenticeship Levy payers and SMEs.

Question reference: S6W-24705

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress on the development of the Natural Capital Market Framework announced in its Programme for Government 2023-24; what consultation has taken place on this to date; what further consultation is planned on the proposed contents of the framework, and who it plans to consult.

Question reference: S6W-24623

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will hold its proposed Cultural Value Summit, as set out in A Culture Strategy for Scotland: Action Plan.

Question reference: S6W-24630

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated from the Public Library Improvement Fund to libraries in each of the past 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-24537

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy will instruct the Grangemouth Future Industry Board to have as its overriding strategic purpose the need for Scotland to have its own oil refinery, in light of reports that retaining this element of the Grangemouth business would reflect the importance of the site as a national economic asset.