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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 24 July 2024
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Question reference: S6W-02047

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost per pupil is of providing primary school education, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) Scottish Parliament constituency.

Question reference: S6W-01841

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in the last 12 months, how many people have (a) been assessed for free personal care and (b) received a care package and, of these, how many included personal care, also broken down by how many were (i) existing and (ii) new recipients of care packages.

Question reference: S6W-01834

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the estimated level of rent arrears accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-01894

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) considerations it made and (b) measures it took to act in accordance with the National Marine Plan when deciding the fishing vessel licence variations announced on 23 July 2021.

Question reference: S6W-01893

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the welfare of animals that have been stolen.

Question reference: S6W-02142

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) parents of children starting P1 and (b) all parents will be allowed to take their children into school on the first day of the new term.

Question reference: S6W-01762

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support the families of people who are held on remand for an extended period and are then not convicted at trial.

Question reference: S6W-01761

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support people who are held on remand for an extended period and are then not convicted at trial.

Question reference: S6W-01488

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statistics in the publication, Homelessness in Scotland: 2020 to 2021, how many children were in each household that was reassessed as being homeless in each year since 2015-16, also broken down by which of the periods of between one and five years they were previously assessed as being homeless.

Question reference: S6W-01621

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of child abuse have been reported to social services in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.