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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 17 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37697

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that there is (a) a specific focus on and (b) accompanying ringfenced funding for kidney disease in the forthcoming long-term conditions framework.

Question reference: S6W-37511

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many High Speed Trains are operating on the ScotRail network.

Question reference: S6W-37693

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have needed catheterising in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-37515

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish a working group to investigate and consider any health impact on women due to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES).

Question reference: S6W-37514

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government which commissions funded by it have been assigned to the social research agency, The Lines Between, in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-37509

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) children, (b) children with disabilities and (c) children with additional support needs have received out-of-school support during the school holidays in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-37512

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many young people have received a private mental health diagnosis in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-37513

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has paid the social research agency, The Lines Between, in each year since 2021-22, broken down by project.

Question reference: S6W-37698

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what data is collected on the number of patients that receive home dialysis in each NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-37510

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many "school hubs", for pupils to be in school but not in a classroom setting, have been in operation in each local authority in each year since 1999.