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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 13 September 2026
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Question reference: S7O-00195

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its proposal to reduce the number of NHS boards as part of its public service reform programme, what assurances it can provide that staffing and support for mental health and neurodevelopmental services will not be adversely affected.

Question reference: S7O-00184

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of ministerial comments regarding concerns about the discharge of licensing functions by Highland Council, whether it plans to review the governance arrangements under which local authorities discharge civic licensing functions.

Question reference: S7O-00200

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce legislation to grant the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman own-initiative investigation powers to identify systemic public service failures and improve outcomes for service users.

Question reference: S7O-00183

To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of the Programme for Government, how it is planning to assist local authorities with regenerating town centres and strengthening local economies.

Question reference: S7O-00198

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that its programme of public service reform strengthens rural areas, including the Scottish Borders, and empowers communities.

Question reference: S7O-00192

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that communities hosting energy infrastructure receive direct benefits from it.

Question reference: S7O-00188

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that local authorities have sufficient resources to support town centres.

Question reference: S7W-02852

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce an automatic uprating mechanism for Minimum Unit Pricing.

Question reference: S7W-02849

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what financial approvals remain outstanding in order for the artificial intelligence technology proposed to support thrombectomy services to be deployed, and what the expected timescale is for each such approval.

Question reference: S7W-02835

  • Asked by: Amanda Lindsay, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02244 by Maree Todd on 31 August 2026, whether the Minister will publish statistics, including how many babies in West Lothian are admitted to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for intensive care each year, what it anticipates the impact will be on the Simpson Neonatal Intensive Care Unit once other NHS boards stop providing a critical care unit at Level 3, and what travel and accommodation support parents in West Lothian will receive in cases where the mother and baby are receiving care on different sites.