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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 30 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37079

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will issue formal guidance to schools, health services and prisons to ensure that the rights of women and girls to single-sex spaces are upheld, in full compliance with the Equality Act 2010.

Question reference: S6W-37247

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36190 by Angela Constance on 22 April 2025, when the peer review is expected to (a) commence and (b) conclude, and whether the final report will be published before the end of 2025.

Question reference: S6W-37264

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals were supported into employment through its Parental Employability Support Fund in each of the last three years, and what this figure was as a proportion of all individuals supported through the programme in each of those years.

Question reference: S6W-37190

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what representation it has made to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the UK Government regarding (a) reported long delays for practical driving test appointments in Scotland and (b) reports that third party resellers are using bot-based technologies to capture cancelled appointments, which are then being resold at a far higher price, resulting in increased pressure on driving test centres in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-37075

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what immediate action it will take to ensure that all public bodies comply fully and without qualification with the Supreme Court’s ruling that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex and not gender identity.

Question reference: S6W-37272

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what commitments it plans to make to educate children, young people and school staff on the importance of gender equality by ensuring that schools explicitly teach students about misogyny and misogynistic attitudes.

Question reference: S6W-37269

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it plans to take to address violence against women due to gender inequality.

Question reference: S6W-37260

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to increase the uptake of Funeral Support Payment since its introduction in 2019.

Question reference: S6W-37213

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that Social Security Scotland staff who assess disability benefit applications have appropriate knowledge and understanding of childhood and young adult cancers and their impact.

Question reference: S6W-37216

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the overall value has been of contracts provided by private sector contractors working for Scottish Water in each of the last 10 years.