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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 31 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39406

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many parents have experienced a (a) pregnancy loss, (b) stillbirth and (c) neonatal death in NHS (i) Highland, (ii) Western Isles, (iii) Orkney, (iv) Shetland, (v) Western Isles and (vi) Grampian in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-39412

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure that people are not being denied timely access to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment or treatment by their local NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-39420

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allocate additional funding or resources to NHS boards to reduce waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments.

Question reference: S6W-39337

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36403 by Gillian Martin on 24 April 2025, in light of section 52(1)(b) of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, whether the reports required under section 52 for years 2010 to 2012 were included in the Scottish Ministers' reports under section 26 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 for the calendar years concerned.

Question reference: S6W-39427

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors NHS boards' compliance with national expectations regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment and support services.

Question reference: S6W-39424

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address any shortage of prescribers of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication and treatment in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-39435

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has issued any policy or guidance to (a) publicly owned companies and (b) ScotRail regarding the outsourcing of functions.

Question reference: S6W-39405

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all bereaved parents who request specialist psychological support following an instance of baby loss can access it.

Question reference: S6W-39421

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what support is currently offered to (a) individuals and (b) families following an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, and whether it plans to develop a standard post-diagnostic support pathway.

Question reference: S6W-39410

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 14 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken on each of the recommendations in the Audit Scotland report, Tackling digital exclusion, published in August 2024.