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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 17 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-07083

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the R100 Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme will be extended beyond the 31 March 2022 deadline.

Question reference: S6W-07085

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to stimulate demand for competition between broadband and fibre infrastructure providers in local authority areas where there are only single operators.

Question reference: S6W-07072

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of public money for the two dual-fuel engines ordered by Ferguson Marine for the delivery of two ferries for the CalMac fleet.

Question reference: S6W-07049

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06126 by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022, what its position is on whether over-70s breast cancer screening will have restarted by the end of 2022.

Question reference: S6W-07069

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Finance, (b) Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport and (c) Minister for Transport last met representatives from Ferguson Marine to discuss the delivery of ferries for the CalMac fleet, and what specifically was discussed at any meetings.

Question reference: S6W-06999

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it carried out a survey of the (a) MV Glen Sannox and (b) Hull 802 vessels prior to taking Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd into public ownership, and whether it identified any issues during those surveys, and, if so, what those issues were.

Question reference: S6W-07073

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the (a) timetable for the delivery and (b) latest estimated overall cost of public money of the two new ferries being built for the CalMac fleet.

Question reference: S6W-07029

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed the 2020-28 Northern Isles Ferry Services contract with Serco since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Question reference: S6W-06966

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is a signatory to an Openreach Fibre Community Partnership programme, in light of its announcement of 14 December 2020 regarding the contract with Openreach worth £384 million for the R100 North of Scotland Lot.

Question reference: S6W-07032

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 17 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-05516 and S6W-05517 by Lorna Slater on 24 January 2022, what emissions have been modelled for incineration with energy recovery as part of its Greenhouse Gas Inventory reports to date.