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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 8 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19650

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much it cost to produce the Zero Waste Scotland report, Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single use e-cigarettes.

Question reference: S6W-19648

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19249 by Lorna Slater on 28 June 2023, whether the corporate running costs for Zero Waste Scotland have been revised since the level 4 budget data was released, and which Zero Waste Scotland budget figures are correct for each of the previous three years.

Question reference: S6W-19588

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the time that it will take to provide the National Grid upgrades required for new renewable projects connections.

Question reference: S6W-19602

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding statistics that it records and holds, how it categorises Hong Kong BNO visa holders resident in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-19604

  • Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what applications or notes of interest it received in the creation of Investment Zones in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-19359

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is in place to address the use of mobile phones in schools.

Question reference: S6W-19280

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17755 by Jenny Gilruth on 16 May 2023, whether it will provide details of the outcome of the discussions with the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs on the points raised.

Question reference: S6W-19728

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Edinburgh International Book Festival since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19667

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will make available to local authorities that find reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete present in (a) school buildings and (b) other local authority-owned buildings, in order to (i) manage and (ii) remove it.

Question reference: S6W-19678

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 19 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete being present in (a) social housing and (b) private housing developments.