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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

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Question reference: S6O-05300

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the population being expected to age rapidly over the coming decades, with more than one in five people soon to be of pension age, what measures it is taking to adapt health and social care provision to meet increased demand.

Question reference: S6O-05292

Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Scottish Land & Estates report, Repopulating Rural Scotland, including how the recommendations align with its current strategies to address rural depopulation.

Question reference: S6O-05293

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made to update national guidance for local authorities on their responsibilities to uphold public access rights.

Question reference: S6O-05297

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-05318

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the housing secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding arrangements for accessing pension funds as a source of investment to build affordable and social housing.

Question reference: S6W-42392

Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reported comments by the Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, what its response is to the comment that the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) could not be rebased due to staff number reductions.

Question reference: S6W-42393

Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of payments made under the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) in 2024 was based on historic data.

Question reference: S6W-42378

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for a routine GP appointment in Inverclyde.

Question reference: S6W-42382

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding access to mental health treatment services in Inverclyde, how many people (a) are currently waiting more than 18 weeks and (b) have waited more than 18 weeks in the last five years.

This information is not held centrally. Statistics on the number of people waiting for CAMHS and Psychological Therapies are available from Public Health Scotland as they have associated Standards that 90% of patients should start treatment within 18 weeks. These are not published at HSCP level but data at Health Board level are published. These can be found at the following links:

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting times - Quarter ending September 2025 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting times - Publications - Public Health Scotland.

Psychological therapies waiting times - Quarter ending September 2025 - Psychological therapies waiting times - Publications - Public Health Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-42250

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it would be appropriate for it to appeal the Scottish Information Commissioner Decision 279/2025 (Written evidence to James Hamilton’s investigation into the First Minister under the Ministerial Code) in order to postpone the disclosure of the information that it wrongly withheld until after the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026, and whether it plans to seek guidance from the Permanent Secretary on these matters.