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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

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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 11 December 2025
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Question reference: S6O-05303

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland on its proposal, The future of provision for neurodevelopmental conditions.

Question reference: S6O-05318

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the housing secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding arrangements for accessing pension funds as a source of investment to build affordable and social housing.

Question reference: S6O-05292

  • Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Scottish Land & Estates report, Repopulating Rural Scotland, including how the recommendations align with its current strategies to address rural depopulation.

Question reference: S6W-42503

  • Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answer expected on 7 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it plans to publish its response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s Module 2 report, which was published on 20 November 2025.

Question reference: S6W-42502

  • Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answer expected on 7 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its findings on the Future Medical Workforce project.

Question reference: S6W-42237

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the conclusion of the Marine Directorate’s contract with Airtask Group for marine compliance aerial surveillance flights, what plans it has to enforce compliance on Scotland’s waters.

Question reference: S6W-42313

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40488 by Ivan McKee on 2 October 2025, and in light of the publication of the Sustainable Digital Public Services Delivery Plan 2025-2028, whether it will provide an update on the number of self-sufficient information and communications technology (ICT) structures with dedicated data centres and professional staff that exist within the Scottish public sector, including non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), NHS boards and local government.

Question reference: S6W-42240

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to introduce routine prostate cancer screening for (a) the whole population and (b) people in higher risk groups.

Question reference: S6W-42238

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the conclusion of the Marine Directorate’s contract with Airtask Group for marine compliance aerial surveillance flights, what assessment it has made of the impact of the contract ending on fish surveys.

Question reference: S6W-42263

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its Planning and Environmental Appeals Division approved planning permission for the proposed battery energy storage site near Taynuilt, in light of it reportedly receiving 135 objections.