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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 5 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-35667

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase young people's engagement with the Scottish Youth Parliament, and how much this is costing.

Question reference: S6W-35958

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been referred to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service each year under the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 for making underpayments to migrant workers, also broken down by how many were subsequently (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted.

Question reference: S6W-35955

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it anticipates that Bairns’ Hooses will be rolled out across Scotland to all child victims or witnesses of abuse or violence and children whose behaviour has caused significant harm or abuse.

Question reference: S6W-35929

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support the roll-out of alcohol-related brain damage services across Scotland to ensure equal access to support and treatment for all patients.

Question reference: S6W-35956

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many children it anticipates will access support from a Bairns’ Hoose when they are rolled out across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-35805

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the reported £1.8 billion in outstanding council tax it considers is realistically recoverable, and what projections it has made for the recovery of this debt.

Question reference: S6W-36137

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the Shelter Scotland report, In Their Own Words: Children’s Experiences in Temporary Accommodation, and what its position is on whether children living in such accommodation are having their best interest rights upheld, as per the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, including their right to (a) an adequate standard of living, (b) healthcare and (c) leisure and play.

Question reference: S6W-35933

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a specific standard for the provision of alcohol-related brain damage services in every health and social care partnership.

Question reference: S6W-35954

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many (a) Bairns’ Hooses are currently operational across Scotland and (b) child victims or witnesses of abuse or violence and children whose behaviour has caused significant harm or abuse currently have access to a Bairns’ Hoose.

Question reference: S6W-35952

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in total on the National Bairns’ Hoose Governance Group to date.