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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 成人快手 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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 27 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-41236

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many families are currently on waiting lists for respite care.

Question reference: S6W-41235

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms exist to evaluate complaints from children about their experience in public services.

Question reference: S6W-41218

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 31 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many kinship carers have appealed decisions regarding financial support in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S6W-41248

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many official complaints have been submitted by care-experienced young people about their treatment in the care system in the last year.

Question reference: S6W-41237

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 21 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of child protection concerns raised by health visitors have been escalated to formal investigation in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S6T-02704

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to meet the interim and final child poverty reduction targets, in light of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s finding in its report, Poverty in Scotland 2025, that current levels remain largely unchanged since 2021.

Question reference: S6O-05057

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on youth work provision of its budget decisions, in light of the most recent YouthLink Scotland survey indicating that the majority of young people accessing youth work do so through the voluntary sector.

Question reference: S6W-40563

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates since 2021 its ministers have met the Nuclear Industry Association, and what (a) issues were discussed and (b) the outcomes were.

Question reference: S6W-40566

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has made of the number of supply-chain contracts that Scotland-based firms could be awarded if new nuclear power capacity was developed in the country.

Question reference: S6W-40561

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what economic modelling it has carried out regarding the potential contribution of new nuclear power generation in Scotland to GDP growth.