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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 6 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36940

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the Electricity Act 1989, what information it has on how many respondents to section 36 planning applications were not contacted by its Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) in advance of a public inquiry, when they should have been, in each of the last five years, broken down by inquiry.

Question reference: S6W-36929

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether schools that have been assessed as having “inadequate” means of escape and “intolerable” housekeeping standards should remain open to pupils.

Question reference: S6W-37660

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been allocated to the (a) University of Strathclyde and (b) Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights for the establishment of the Anti Racism Observatory for Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-37454

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the effectiveness of BMI as an indicator of health in (a) general and (b) relation to access to IVF treatment.

Question reference: S6W-37639

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support needs staff are currently employed in schools, and how this compares with demand.

Question reference: S6W-37638

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its proposed timetable is for legislation to reform additional support needs provision.

Question reference: S6W-37490

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support the provision of additional training or guidance for staff involved in custody hearings and early case processing, in light of any increased reliance on body-worn video evidence.

Question reference: S6W-37618

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working to increase the availability of electric vehicle chargers in (a) Scotland and (b) the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency.

Question reference: S6W-37644

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NHS 24 is meeting its statutory and clinical obligations to members of the public. 

Question reference: S6W-37597

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many firefighters have accessed maternity leave in each of the last 10 years.