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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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6O-05420

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures value for money when allocating funding within the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture portfolio.

Question reference: S6O-05433

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the prison estate is segregated by sex.

Question reference: S6O-05426

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the United States Consul General in Edinburgh to discuss Scotland’s international strategy.

Question reference: S6O-05424

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the diversity and socio-economic background of audiences attending performances by the National Performing Companies.

Question reference: S6O-05425

To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the Arctic Circle Assembly.

Question reference: S6W-43036

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that expertise in criminal law is represented among those appointed as Scottish Law Commissioners.

Question reference: S6W-42965

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decision to move responsibility for energy consent decisions from the Cabinet Secretary of Climate Action and Energy to the Minister for Public Finance, and the minister's subsequent comment reported in the Scottish Daily Express on 10 January 2026 that he is “the Minister with responsibility for planning and Gillian Martin sensibly proposed that if I was also to take on responsibility for these decisions that this would enable her to more readily engage with communities in a manner that she would otherwise be precluded from doing”, whether it will confirm when the conversation where this proposal was made took place; who was present and whether (a) a formal or (b) an informal minute was taken and, if so, by what date this minute will be published.

Question reference: S6W-43046

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have undergone surgery for varicose veins under the NHS, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) sex, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-43047

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the average time has been from referral to treatment for patients referred by their GP for surgery for varicose veins, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) sex, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-42932

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Audit Scotland report, Delayed discharges: A symptom of the challenges facing health and social care, which was published on 8 January 2026, what action it is taking to expedite plans for, and the delivery of, the MyCare Scotland App, and associated digital innovations.