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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 19 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42616

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42078 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 December 2025, by what date the review of facilities across its estate will be completed.

Question reference: S6W-42622

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42077 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 December 2025, on what dates the Working Group on the Supreme Court Judgement has met.

Question reference: S6W-42624

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42082 by Angela Constance on 9 December 2025, for what reason it is not commenting on civil court proceedings, and what specifically is stopping it from doing so. 

Question reference: S6W-42756

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many Pension Age Winter Heating Payments it expects will remain to be paid by 31 December 2025.

Question reference: S6W-42689

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on smaller pelagic vessels of increasing the Economic Link landing requirement for mackerel and herring from 55% to 70% with effect from 1 January 2026.

Question reference: S6W-42750

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake an analysis of the operation of the thrice-weekly rail link between the Port of Liverpool and the Mossend EuroTerminal in North Lanarkshire since it was established in 2018, regarding what effect it has had on displacing container shipping volumes from the Port of Greenock on the River Clyde, which reportedly has the capacity to handle a throughput of 100,000 TEU per year.

Question reference: S6W-42623

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42079 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 December 2025, and in light of reports that there is no restriction on the Scottish Ministers in relation to commenting on civil cases before the courts, for what reason the First Minister is not meeting For Women Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-42764

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the approval of the revised social care funding approach, whether it will provide information on how COSLA leaders were able to make an informed decision in the absence of clear, council-by-council impact assessments, and what information was provided to support their decision.

Question reference: S6W-42761

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether directors of finance or officials raised any concerns about the quality or suitability of the new data used in the revised social care funding formula, and, if so, how those concerns were addressed before the proposal was put to COSLA leaders for approval.

Question reference: S6W-42771

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 16 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial impact of the revised social care funding formula on Scottish Borders Council, including the estimated gross loss prior to the application of any floor mechanism.