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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 10 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-18220

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Scottish Trunk Road Infrastructure Project Evaluation (STRIPE) in relation to the A77.

Question reference: S6W-18091

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation from the Independent Review of the Victim Notification Scheme that in any instance of temporary release where an offender might come into close proximity with a victim, the victim is notified of this release every time.

Question reference: S6W-18218

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the upgrading of the (a) Whitletts and (b) Dutch House roundabout.

Question reference: S6W-18117

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants have worked on the fourth publication of the Building a New Scotland series, given as a (a) headcount and (b) FTE staff figure.

Question reference: S6W-18344

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S6W-18343

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S6W-18204

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its aviation strategy.

Question reference: S6W-18215

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether any internal financial analysis has been carried out of any economic cost of not fully dualling the A77.

Question reference: S6W-18262

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the updated estimated cost is for works on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful long-term solution.

Question reference: S6W-18165

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 2 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, ahead of the scheduled end in September 2023 of its £5 million funding that it announced in July 2021 to support the reduction of waiting lists in support services for women and girls affected by gender-based violence, and in light of claims by Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre, in its briefing document for MSPs, that the end of this funding would lead to increases in its waiting list and the loss of approximately 60 client appointments each week, whether it plans to extend this funding beyond the currently scheduled end date.