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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 17 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39782

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to conduct a full scale review of the Oral Health Improvement Plan, with the aim of providing higher levels of NHS dentists across the country.

Question reference: S6W-39787

  • Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency mental health assessment units are operational (a) nationally and (b) in each NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-39804

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to reported missed deadlines for the implementation of the McCloud Remedy, including the most recent on 31 July 2025, what action it is taking to ensure that the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) delivers the necessary pension adjustments for affected retired public servants without any additional delay; what assessment it has made of the SPPA's communications with retirees, and whether it will publish a timetable for the completion of all McCloud-related cases.

Question reference: S6W-39504

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to electric vehicle (EV) home-charging solutions for residents without driveways, including the exploration of gully cableway systems, in each of the last five years.  

Question reference: S6W-39564

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided towards the construction of cycle lanes in each of the last five years. 

Question reference: S6W-39587

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of establishing a 24/7 thrombectomy service across all relevant hospitals in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-39572

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to studies indicating that hyperbaric oxygen therapy may have positive effects for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID. 

Question reference: S6W-39906

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been matched with an adopter via Scotland’s Adoption Register in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-39803

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government on what date a reporter was appointed to proceed work on the recalled appeal in relation to the proposed Loch Lomond development by Flamingo Land (PPA-002-2021).

Question reference: S6W-39817

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been of staff redundancy payments for people who worked in its international offices in each year since 2021, broken down by office.