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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 30 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37078

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct all public sector bodies in Scotland to conduct an urgent review of their equality, diversity and inclusion policies, in light of the Supreme Court ruling regarding For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.

Question reference: S6W-37077

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many of its public agencies, including NHS boards and local authorities, currently operate single-sex services based on gender identity rather than biological sex, and what steps are being taken to address this.

Question reference: S6W-37258

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for (a) bereaved individuals under the age of 50 whose partner has died and (b) children of individuals where a parent has died under the age of 50.

Question reference: S6W-37259

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is in place for education practitioners regarding how to support children and young people who have been bereaved of a parent.

Question reference: S6W-37265

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals were supported into employment through its Young Person's Guarantee in each of the last three years, and what this figure was as a proportion of all individuals supported through the programme in each of those years.

Question reference: S6W-37207

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to promote the natural regeneration of woodland.

Question reference: S6W-37079

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will issue formal guidance to schools, health services and prisons to ensure that the rights of women and girls to single-sex spaces are upheld, in full compliance with the Equality Act 2010.

Question reference: S6W-37263

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals were supported into employment through its No One Left Behind programme in each of the last three years, and what this figure was as a proportion of all individuals supported through the programme in each of those years.

Question reference: S6W-37268

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any analysis on the cost per person to successfully transition an individual into employment through its Young Person's Guarantee, and, if so, what that cost was.

Question reference: S6W-37261

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any analysis of the appropriate level of payment for Funeral Support Payment since its introduction in 2019.