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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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Question reference: S6W-06539

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 4 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will work with the UK Government to establish a mandatory licensing scheme for the construction industry that would aim to protect consumers from rogue traders.

Question reference: S6W-06408

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 4 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether there will be a consultation on the proposed Scottish Education Exchange Programme.

Question reference: S6W-06190

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority.

The Improvement Service (IS), who manage the application process, have informed us that at close of business on 1 March 2022 a total of 144,377 cards had been produced and despatched.

The latest figures that IS have provided broken down to a local council level are from close of business on 14 February 2022 and can be found in the following table.

Aberdeen City Council	3,949
Aberdeenshire Council	5,126
Angus Council	1,350
Argyll & Bute Council	1,136
City of Edinburgh Council	16,580
Clackmannanshire Council	504
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	260
Dumfries & Galloway Council	1,973
Dundee City Council	5,919
East Ayrshire Council	4,838
East Dunbartonshire Council	1,507
East Lothian Council	2,336
East Renfrewshire Council	2,375
Falkirk Council	1,888
Fife Council	7,426
Glasgow Council	8,209
Highland Council	3,155
Inverclyde Council	6,873
Mid Lothian Council	1,837
Moray Council	1,383
North Ayrshire Council	1,452
North Lanarkshire Council	3,999
Orkney Islands Council	176
Perth & Kinross Council	2,502
Renfrewshire Council	2,635
Scottish Borders Council	2,722
Shetland Islands Council	1,018
South Ayrshire Council	1,106
South Lanarkshire Council	2,840
Stirling Council	1,282
West Dunbartonshire Council	851
West Lothian Council	3,791

Question reference: S6O-00861

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-00854

Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) whether it will consider amending its policy on party identity or affiliation appearing on publications paid for by the SPCB.

Question reference: S6O-00855

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-00859

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will provide an update on whether it will support MSPs to install ventilation solutions in their constituency offices with funding outwith the Office Cost Provision.

Question reference: S6O-00857

Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what progress has been made on re-opening the Scottish Parliament creche.

Question reference: S6O-00821

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many members have been unable to establish a constituency or regional office.

Question reference: S6O-00858

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it is taking to advance and support the use of the Scots language across the Scottish Parliament campus.