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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 26 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37232

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will (a) complete and (b) publish the outcome of its review of the guidance on the mothballing of rural schools and nurseries.

Question reference: S6W-37369

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the compatibility of potentially introducing zonal electricity pricing with the objectives of its forthcoming Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan.

Question reference: S6W-37354

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it measures progress against its economic objectives.

Question reference: S6W-36910

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether wigs and other gender-affirming items should be provided at public cost to prisoners who have violated prison rules or engaged in threating or abusive behaviour while in custody, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.

Question reference: S6W-37295

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local communities to hold their own commemorative events to mark VE and VJ Day.

Question reference: S6W-37144

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any risks posed by Scottish universities maintaining research and commercial partnerships with Chinese institutions identified by UK national security agencies as being linked to the Chinese military or state.

Question reference: S6W-37304

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that communities in remote, rural and island areas can receive accessible and high-quality care, in light of reports that, in the last decade, the number of care homes for older people in the Highlands has decreased by 18%.

Question reference: S6W-37303

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider reviewing and enhancing the human rights checks conducted by Scottish Enterprise, in light of reports that companies in receipt of public funding from Scottish Enterprise have export licences permitting them to sell military technology to countries committing serious human rights breaches.

Question reference: S6W-37105

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the upgrading of aviation radar systems to ensure that windfarm developments can proceed without objection, including how the costs incurred by aviation operators can be (a) independently verified and (b) appropriately split between (i) aviation operators and renewable developers and (ii) different renewable developers, as opposed to being only met by the initial developer.

Question reference: S6W-37300

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Enterprise requires companies it funds to sign up to net zero targets compatible with the Paris Climate Agreement, such as the Science-Based Targets scheme.