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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 11 August 2024
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Question reference: S6W-06602

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the reported warnings of under-reporting of sexual crimes, and what action is being taken to address the reported barriers to reporting of such crimes.

Question reference: S6W-06497

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent by each NHS board on external legal support in connection with cases of unfair dismissal, in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-06414

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent deaths from non-communicable disease, in light of a recent report by the Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Coalition, which stated that only one of the six actions it called for had been implemented.

Question reference: S6W-06119

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether ScotRail Trains Ltd and ScotRail Holdings Ltd will fall within the scope of the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Question reference: S6W-06106

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the amount of respiratory medication for conditions such as asthma that is wasted because of incorrect inhaler technique.

Question reference: S6W-06605

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported significant increase in sexual assault, rape and attempted rape crimes in the last ten years.

Question reference: S6W-06561

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the current waiting times are for maxillofacial surgery in each NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-06325

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05609 by Michael Matheson on 17 January 2022, whether it will provide the information requested regarding what consideration Scottish Water gave to the minimum income expectation set by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland within the 2021-27 final determination of charges when setting charge levels for 2022-23; how Scottish Water assessed the economic circumstances of the customers referred to; what view Scottish Water’s customer advisory body gave on the charges proposed, and whether it was consulted prior to Scottish Water making its charging decisions for the 2022-23 financial year.

Question reference: S6W-06808

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the site-specific brain tumour research funding that is provided through the Chief Scientist Office is allocated between the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Common Scientific Outline categories of (a) biology, (b) aetiology, (c) prevention, (d) early detection, diagnosis and prognosis, (e) treatment and (f) cancer control, survivorship and outcomes research.

Question reference: S6W-06624

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the last (a) regular Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare and (b) bilateral meeting between the Department for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers, took place.