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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 23 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19683

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports on 14 June 2023 that the UK Government has launched an expanded government-wide inquiry into the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, whether the Scottish Government has any plans to launch a similar programme of investigations and reporting.

Question reference: S6W-19769

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the levels of funding have been for the operation of rail services in each of the last five years, and how that funding compares with the funding for bus services in the same periods.

Question reference: S6W-19586

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been raised by ports charging an environmental levy for cruise ships in each year since 1999, broken down by port.

Question reference: S6W-19592

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to (a) Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and (b) Stroke Association, in each year since 2018-19.

Question reference: S6W-19581

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considered exempting hydrogen-ready boilers from its proposed ban on gas boilers in new build properties.

Question reference: S6W-19585

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been raised by ports charging a passenger levy for cruise ships in each year since 1999, broken down by port.

Question reference: S6W-19638

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the classification of long COVID as a novel diagnosis.

Question reference: S6W-19669

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met with local authorities to discuss the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in buildings and action to (a) manage and (b) remove it.

Question reference: S6W-19662

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on the number of people enrolling on courses of education at Scottish (a) colleges and (b) universities who complete those courses within the intended length of time for their course, and what information it has on what the reasons were for any people not completing the courses on which they were enrolled.

Question reference: S6W-19641

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its current contingency plans are in the event of a non-flu pandemic.