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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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 15 June 2026
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Question reference: S7W-00957

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto commitment to legislate to ensure that there is a national mobile phone ban in all of Scotland’s classrooms, what support will be made available to schools to implement phone-free learning environments.

Question reference: S7W-00952

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils will receive support from the expanded tutoring programme by the end of the curremt parliamentary session.

Question reference: S7W-00951

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when the expansion of tutoring support pilots with Queen Margaret University and the University of Glasgow will be completed.

Question reference: S7W-00934

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on its review of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System.

Question reference: S7W-00964

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when the single national skills plan will be published.

Question reference: S7W-00953

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a number of secondary schools are reducing subject choice from the curriculum due to a lack of specialised teachers.

Question reference: S7W-00967

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what annual targets it has set to achieve the commitment to deliver 150,000 apprenticeships over the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S7W-00944

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains on track to fulfil the commitments of The Promise by 2030.

Question reference: S7W-00981

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the University of Aberdeen’s report, The Past, Present and Future of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production West of Shetland (WoS), which states that "the basin to the West of Shetland could still contain almost five billion barrels of oil".

Question reference: S7W-00973

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the digitisation of patient records, and what projects in this field have been completed, broken down by NHS board.