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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 17 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-26624

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an indicative timeline for when (a) it will respond to the proposed consultation on fire safety, following the work of the Building and Fire Safety Expert Working Group, and (b) it will look to implement any recommendations resulting from such a consultation.

Question reference: S6W-26621

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of BS 8414 testing still being allowed as a route to compliance for combustible façade materials to be used on certain buildings, such as hotels, over 11 metres in height.

Question reference: S6W-26561

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the power of attorney rights of care home residents are upheld.

Question reference: S6W-26600

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £97.4 million of cladding remediation funding it has spent to date.

Question reference: S6W-26948

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will establish a pilot scheme on methane supressing feed products before January 2025. 

Question reference: S6W-26907

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made estimates of the carbon sequestration rates per hectare in species-rich grassland compared with (a) improved grassland and (b) arable land, and, if so, at what soil depth this has been measured.

Question reference: S6W-26783

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the reported fall in the number of French teachers of 43% between 2008 and 2023.

Question reference: S6W-26785

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the reported fall in the number of secondary school teachers in (a) computing studies, (b) ASN: behavioural support, (c) maths, (d) technical education, (e) religious education, (f) geography, (g) German, (h) physics, (i) home economics and (j) English between 2008 and 2023.

Question reference: S6W-26706

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional residential rehabilitation beds were (a) created and (b) made available across Scotland between February 2023 and February 2024.

Question reference: S6W-26707

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2024

To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce has met since it was announced in February 2023.