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The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

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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: S6W-23242

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it has (a) requested and (b) received from Petroineos regarding the retention of all of the highly-skilled jobs based at the Grangemouth complex.

Question reference: S6W-23259

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many of Scotland’s rural estates are accredited Living Wage Employers.

Question reference: S6W-23189

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on national reuse rates in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-02888

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the current options available to record the relationship status of a deceased person are sufficient for the purposes of this information being accurately represented on death certificates.

Question reference: S6O-02890

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that rural populations have convenient and appropriate access to care homes.

Question reference: S6O-02892

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce waiting times for ambulances in north east Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-02887

To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries are not currently accepting new patients.

Question reference: S6O-02886

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-02889

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its cladding remediation programme.

Question reference: S6O-02891

To ask the Scottish Government how the proposals outlined in its latest Building a New Scotland paper, Social Security in an independent Scotland, would support Scotland’s social security system.