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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 16 August 2024
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Question reference: S6W-07707

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it will meet its target of halving the disability employment gap by 2038.

Question reference: S6W-07317

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, in light of it including an additional half a billion containers within the scheme and additional 20,000 return points, how it was calculated that the costs to regulators will remain the same, and how this calculation has been validated.

Question reference: S6W-07312

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, for what reason it has included a 23% increase in benefits to operators of the scheme and an additional half a billion containers but not reflected this in the costs of the scheme; how the mix of material has been factored into its calculations, and what breakdown of materials it has factored into the additional half a billion containers.

Question reference: S6W-07318

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, which includes an additional half a billion containers within the scheme and additional 20,000 return points, which is a 118% increase on its initial estimate of the number of return points, for what reason there is no corresponding increase in costs to reflect this.

Question reference: S6W-07999

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) secondary and (b) primary schools have WiFi available for use in every classroom, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-07928

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on each of the recommendations in the Royal College of Nursing report, The Nursing Workforce in Scotland, and how each of these will be taken forward.

Question reference: S6W-07917

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many intensive care unit (ICU) nurses were employed in Scotland on 1 April (a) 2020 and (b) 2022.

Question reference: S6W-07811

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the Food Security and Supply Taskforce will report on its work.

Question reference: S6W-07727

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the current arrangements are regarding continuing pay for NHS Scotland staff who are experiencing prolonged absence from work due to long COVID.

Question reference: S6W-07564

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to determine how many universities in Scotland provide financial support to Confucius Institute branches.