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Questions and answers

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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37609

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when children living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy will have access to the drug, givinostat, through the NHS.

Question reference: S6W-37610

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the number of plumbers in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-37629

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many representations it has received from parents, schools and MSPs in the last five years regarding bereavement-based appeals not being accepted by the SQA.

Question reference: S6W-37589

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36792 by Jenni Minto on 7 May 2025, how much funding it has allocated to expanding access to diabetes technology for people with type 1 diabetes in the financial year 2025-26, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-37627

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported decision by the SQA to not approve over 90% of exam appeals made on the grounds of bereavement.

Question reference: S6W-37585

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities it is working with during the academic year 2025-26 to pilot approaches that amplify good practice in supporting school leavers into positive destinations, as part of its commitment to focus on areas with the lowest rates of school leavers entering such destinations, and how it will report on the progress of these pilots. 

Question reference: S6W-37588

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) adults and (b) children with type 1 diabetes it expects to onboard to closed-loop systems in 2025.

Question reference: S6W-37362

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential implications of the UK Government’s consideration of zonal electricity pricing for any progress towards statutory net zero targets in Scotland, and whether it will publish any underlying modelling or analytical tables.

Question reference: S6W-37016

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for Scotland’s public finances, and in relation to the recent decision to equalise the MSP element of minsters' salary with that of MSPs who are not currently serving ministers, whether it will publish a full list of current ministers’ salaries, broken down by those who decided to (a) accept and (b) decline the equalisation of the MSP element of their salary.

Question reference: S6W-37628

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance or oversight it has provided to the SQA on how to assess compassionate or exceptional circumstances in relation to appeals.