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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-24839

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its 2018 commitment to increase the school nursing workforce, what assessment it has made of the school nursing workforce in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S6W-24818

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted of offences under section 56 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.

Question reference: S6W-24789

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any issues with the supply of Creon, which is a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy required to aid the uptake of nutrients from food for people with cystic fibrosis, and what action is being taken to resolve any such supply issues.

Question reference: S6W-24780

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many student accommodation buildings have been assessed as containing potentially flammable or combustible cladding materials in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-24788

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to request advice from the Climate Change Committee regarding the appropriate value of the multiplier to be applied to greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, as required by section 2C(3)(h) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 as amended.

Question reference: S6W-24696

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any plans by Scottish Water to create new woodlands or restore peatland; if so, how much of the land owned by Scottish Water in total will be used to (a) plant trees and (b) restore peatland, and over how many years; what the (i) size and (ii) location is of each piece of such land, broken down by local authority area; what annual budget it will make available for any such (A) planting of trees and (B) restoration of peatland; whether Scottish Water plans to apply for any Scottish Government grants to assist with any such (1) tree planting and (2) peatland restoration costs; what reports it has commissioned on any such (aa) tree planting and (bb) peatland restoration potential; what the carbon credits potential is from any such (AA) tree planting and (BB) peatland restoration, and whether it will make any related reports public.

Question reference: S6W-24821

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, for what reason it decided to include provisions that reportedly allow for murder to be prosecuted in the proposed specialist Sexual Offences Court if the crime had a sexual element involved.

Question reference: S6W-24835

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any changes in the availability of publicly-run leisure facilities over the last 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-24804

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to free earwax removal services provided through NHS Scotland, how many people have accessed these services in each of the last five years; whether there are any plans to withdraw these services, and whether there are any NHS boards that do not currently offer these services.

Question reference: S6W-24832

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23773 by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2024, when the Flow Navigation Specialty Delivery Group was established; how often the group has met in the last 12 months, and who its key stakeholder members are.