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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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 31 July 2024
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Question reference: S6O-00249

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding the digital economy and digital single market.

Question reference: S6O-00250

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of UK Government policies on the local economies of areas of high multiple deprivation.

Question reference: S6O-00255

  • Asked by: Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the National Digital Academy.

Question reference: S6O-00236

  • Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its £500 million of funding to modernise the prison estate, including any updates to HMP Dumfries.

Question reference: S6O-00240

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what role fatal accident inquiries have in the delivery of justice in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-00252

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it plans to implement the recommendations made by the OECD on Scottish National Standardised Assessments in its report, Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence: Into the Future.

Question reference: S6O-00238

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to implement a Bairns’ Hoose, or Barnahus, model for children and vulnerable witnesses in criminal proceedings.

Question reference: S6O-00253

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure the future workforce can have access to vocational skills training, in light of the current staff shortages in certain sectors.

Question reference: S6O-00257

  • Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote Scottish literature in schools.

Question reference: S6O-00242

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Police Scotland in its upkeep of the police estate.