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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 23 November 2024
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Question reference: S6W-10266

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government (a) what steps it is taking and (b) how it is working with local authorities and further and higher education institutions, to encourage the uptake of a free bus pass through the Young Persons' (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme by young people in schools, colleges and universities.

Question reference: S6O-01332

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what trade, investment and cultural opportunities it expects to arise from its Nordic office in Copenhagen.

Question reference: S6W-10340

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 31 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure the long-term survival of the Church of Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-09965

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what training medical students and new doctors in Scotland receive on how to diagnose and treat endometriosis.

Question reference: S6W-09902

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the Project Neptune review of ferry governance will be published.

Question reference: S6W-10003

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the free concessionary travel on buses for under-22s to young island residents travelling on ferries.

Question reference: S6W-09901

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Islands Connectivity Plan, when the (a) full plan and (b) section on ferries will be published. 

Question reference: S6W-09444

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when plans for the A737 Improvements at Beith will be approved in order for the project to move to the procurement stage; when the project is expected to go out to tender, and, in line with the details set out in its Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-2022 to 2025-2026, whether (a) construction is expected to start onsite by 30 January 2023 and (b) the roundabout, flyover and road will be operational by 29 July 2024.

Question reference: S6W-09446

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the A737 Improvements at Beith scheme, how much longer the “necessary governance procedures” cited by Transport Scotland as a reason for non-completion of the Outline Business Case are expected to take; how “necessary governance procedures” are defined, and for what reasons the process to make the Outline Business Case for the A737 Improvements at Beith is taking the length of time that it is, in light of reported concerns by local residents that it is taking too long.

Question reference: S6W-09445

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ministerial statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport on 4 February 2021, during which he stated that “progress will now be made in moving to the procurement phase for construction of [the A737 Improvements at Beith] scheme...I expect to see good progress being made with that in the months ahead”, for what reason the project has not moved into the procurement phase 16 months after this statement was made.