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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 13 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-10635

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether Housing to 2040 remains its housing strategy. 

Question reference: S6W-10654

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many passenger journeys were made on ScotRail trains from January to July 2022, broken down by month.  

Question reference: S6W-10605

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason annual house completion rates (combining private and social housing) per 100,000 population in the Glasgow City Council area have reportedly not recovered to pre-2008 levels and continue to lag behind rates in other Scottish cities.

Question reference: S6W-10624

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider conducting an analysis of the effectiveness of the Chill cold water swimming courses currently being run in England and, to a more limited extent, Scotland, and their potential as a public health measure provided through NHS boards.

Question reference: S6W-10589

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact rising energy costs will have on the ability of pulmonary rehabilitation services to secure non-hospital spaces, such as community halls and leisure centres.

Question reference: S6W-10600

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many successful prosecutions for stalking and harassment offences there have been in (a) Scotland and (b) Aberdeen in each year from 2018-19 to 2022-23 to date.

Question reference: S6W-10562

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many graduate apprentices there were in each year from 2017 to 2021.

Question reference: S6W-10557

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many requests it has received from the affordable housing supply sector for an early review of benchmarks in accordance with the scenarios envisaged in the Report on the work of the 2021 Affordable Housing Investment Benchmarks Working Group.

Question reference: S6W-10232

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any additional funding has been provided to local authorities since 2021 to help them support Afghan refugees and, if this is the case, how much funding has been (a) provided and (b) spent to date.

Question reference: S6W-10936

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what responsibilities community-owned housing associations have to provide their members and service users with details of proposed mergers.