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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 2 July 2025
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Question reference: S6F-00294

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-00295

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-02934

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many planning decisions have been called in by ministers in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-03032

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government which research projects have received funding through its Saltire Research Awards.

Question reference: S6W-02942

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many reports there have been of dementia patients being moved between wards at night (boarding) in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-02947

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce a new national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

Question reference: S6W-03004

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any public funding for which it has responsibility that has supported companies that develop, manufacture or market in the arms trade in each of the last five years, also broken down by which companies received funding.

Question reference: S6W-02912

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the minutes of any meetings that have taken place between (a) cabinet secretaries, (b) ministers and (c) representatives of Scottish Enterprise and representatives of CalaChem in Grangemouth.

Question reference: S6W-02990

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support the recruitment of additional headache specialists and consultant neurologists, as recommended in the Migraine Trust report, Dismissed for too long.

Question reference: S6W-02954

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 27 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to community sports clubs, broken down by sport.