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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 2 September 2025
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Question reference: S6W-40286

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the next round of the Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) will be announced.

Question reference: S6W-40291

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will guarantee that no police officer has to purchase elements of their own kit.

Question reference: S6W-40275

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding reform of the energy profits levy.

Question reference: S6W-40270

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the effect of (a) rent controls and (b) other policies on the withdrawal of landlords from the rental market.

Question reference: S6W-40226

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided in each year since 2017 to third sector organisations that publicly campaign for gender self-identification, also broken down by organisation.

Question reference: S6W-40227

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what office location(s) are to be designated for the National Social Work Agency, and how many staff are expected to be based at each location.

Question reference: S6W-40289

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many recommendations from the Penrose Inquiry have been fully implemented.

Question reference: S6W-40268

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people abandoned calls to NHS 24 in the last year due to long wait times.

Question reference: S6W-40218

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has obtained since the passage of the amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 regarding the population size of mountain hares in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-40239

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated annual cost of targeted lung cancer screening would be at full rollout, and how this compares to the costs of late-stage treatment.