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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-06707

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each contract that it has signed with Ernst and Young in connection with the Scottish ferries network since 1 January 2015.

Question reference: S6W-06558

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to ensure that any economic benefits resulting from electric buses being built in Scotland remain in the local community.

Question reference: S6W-06557

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Bus Decarbonisation Taskforce is considered a public or a private body, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.

Question reference: S6W-06708

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05360 by Graeme Dey on 21 January 2022, on what date it expects to issue a draft of the Islands Connectivity Plan for consultation.

Question reference: S6W-06427

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the budget underspend was in each year from 2018-19 to 2021-22; what the uplift figures have been in each of the last three years, and what the projected (a) underspend and (b) cash reserve is for the year 2022-23.

Question reference: S6W-06344

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will update the Parliament on a monthly basis on how the schools/ELC ventilation fund is being (a) distributed and (b) spent, including a breakdown of the items purchased and changes made.

Question reference: S6W-06393

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Network Rail regarding any proposed staff reductions in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-06317

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve drug treatment residential rehabilitation services for young people, in light of the Review of the Existing Literature and Evidence of Young People Experiencing Harms from Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland, which found that there were no residential services tailored specifically to meet the needs of this group.

Question reference: S6W-06221

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the name of the carer who is applying on behalf of a child for their Young Scot National Entitlement Card to access the Young Persons' Free Bus Travel Scheme must be on either the birth or adoption certificate, and, if so, what arrangements are in place to allow a successful application where the name of the carer is not on either the birth or adoption certificate.

Question reference: S6W-06300

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) delivers the levels of renewable energy deployment required to achieve net zero.