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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 25 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-16006

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Young Patients Family Fund it has spent in 2022-23 to date.

Question reference: S6W-15997

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to announce the establishment of a fund aimed at making leisure centres, including centres with swimming pools, more energy efficient.

Question reference: S6W-16007

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it will receive the Young Patients Family Fund expenditure figures from NHS boards detailing expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses.

Question reference: S6W-15991

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been advised by the UK Government of any Barnett consequential funding regarding the announcement in the Spring Budget of a one-year fund made up of £40 million to make swimming pools more energy efficient in the long term and £23 million in grants to leisure centres with swimming pools that are facing immediate cost pressures, including in relation to energy bills.

Question reference: S6W-16168

  • Asked by: Natalie Don-Innes, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ben Macpherson on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the independent review of the Scottish Welfare Fund.

Question reference: S6W-16167

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) decarbonisation seabed leasing round, and what the next steps are for INTOG.

Question reference: S6W-16180

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the introduction of its proposed Scottish Aggregates Levy Bill.

Question reference: S6W-15998

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the NHS Forth Valley Assurance Board will next meet.

Question reference: S6W-16002

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates could be eligible for a free, short-term loan of a wheelchair under its guidance issued to health and social care partnerships.

Question reference: S6W-15942

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many journeys have been taken on ferries in Scotland by (a) ministers, broken down by minister, and (b) civil servants, in each year since 2018, broken down by route.