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
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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Question reference: S6W-39817
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been of staff redundancy payments for people who worked in its international offices in each year since 2021, broken down by office.
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Question reference: S6W-39803
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 August 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on what date a reporter was appointed to proceed work on the recalled appeal in relation to the proposed Loch Lomond development by Flamingo Land (PPA-002-2021).
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Question reference: S6W-39906
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been matched with an adopter via Scotland’s Adoption Register in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-40036
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the longest wait was in 2024-25 for a patient whose discharge from hospital was delayed.
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Question reference: S6W-40051
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported residents in Tillicoultry who were evacuated from their homes in September 2023 due to the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
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Question reference: S6W-40058
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the cost to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from four police stations in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-40053
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in private and public housing stock in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-40028
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the potential impact in Scotland, what its position is on introducing a new UK-wide minimum wage for care workers, £2 higher than the national minimum wage, to tackle the reported staff shortages in care.
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Question reference: S6W-40057
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the cost to remove asbestos from 177 police stations in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-40041
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25279 by Kaukab Stewart on 4 March 2024, what information it has on which organisations received funding from its financial contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency; how much funding each organisation received, and what it was spent on.
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