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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-37211

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the dates of the last 10 meetings of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, and how many of these meetings were attended by its ministers.

Question reference: S6W-37217

  • 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 whether the budget for private contractors providing services for Scottish Water was overspent in 2024-25, and, if so, by how much, and what the reasons were for the overspend.

Question reference: S6W-37224

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all leases that are currently held by the Scottish public sector, broken down by (a) cost and (b) department or agency.

Question reference: S6W-37218

  • 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 how Scottish Water measures the performance of the private contractors that it engages to provide services.

Question reference: S6W-37228

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its current plans are for the site of HMP Shotts.

Question reference: S6T-02484

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the interim update from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on the practical implications of the recent UK Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers.

Question reference: S6T-02486

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure greater access to affordable early years provision, in light of reports of the rising cost of childcare for families with children under the age of three.

Question reference: S6F-04049

  • Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of any implications for its work to grow Scotland’s economy of the EY ITEM Club Spring Forecast, which downgraded expectations for UK output over the next two years.  

Question reference: S6F-04024

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-04026

  • Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.