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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 5 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-13822

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its planned review, including any consultation, of the mobility criteria in relation to Adult Disability Payment.

Question reference: S6W-13520

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken to identify the role that artificial intelligence can play in delivering health and social care services to address any demand and capacity issues.

Question reference: S6W-13527

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to upskill the cancer care workforce, including what guidance and support on developing leadership skills it has published.

Question reference: S6W-14052

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out its contingency plans for the relocation of prisoners housed at HMP and YOI Cornton Vale in the interim period between the prison’s closure and HMP and YOI Stirling’s opening.

Question reference: S6W-14046

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13027 by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2022, whether it will confirm which organisation failed the technical check process, and what the technical check was that it failed.

Question reference: S6W-13534

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its health and social care national workforce strategy, whether it has delivered up-to-date, relevant and impactful training for health and social care staff on equality, diversity and inclusion.

Question reference: S6W-13501

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been provided for (a) systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) and (b) acute oncology to help build a sustainable workforce, broken down by area of expenditure, since the start of 2022.

Question reference: S6W-13502

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent supporting health and social care staff in 2022 with their (a) practical and (b) emotional needs, including pastoral care and other measures to aid rest and recuperation, broken down by area of spending.

Question reference: S6W-13956

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12954 by Jamie Hepburn on 20 December 2022, which of the Good Governance Task Group’s recommendations on college governance that were made in 2016 (a) have been and (b) are still to be implemented.

Question reference: S6O-01860

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will conduct an independent review into the maternity model in Caithness.