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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: S6W-39929

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has reportedly not set a clear timetable for implementing 24/7 access to thrombectomy treatment.

Question reference: S6W-39681

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many oil and gas decommissioning firms it has supported financially in each of the last five years, and what the outcomes were.

Between 2020 and 2022, ten projects received funding from the Scottish Government’s Decommissioning Challenge Fund. The Fund, which ran from 2017 to 2022, supported infrastructure upgrades and innovation in salvage and transport methods at Scotland’s ports and harbours as well as supply chain projects that aimed to strengthen Scottish decommissioning capabilities and capacities.

Additional support to companies engaged in oil and gas decommissioning activities is provided through Scottish Enterprise.

Question reference: S6W-39686

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to disrupt the supply of valium-type drugs containing lethal compounds.

This is an operational matter for Police Scotland whose recent successes working with agencies in Scotland, the UK and internationally are helping to deliver on Scotland’s Serious Organised Crime strategy.

Operations including UK-wide Operation Venetic have seen the removal of significant quantities of illegal drugs from our streets and have led to numerous arrests in Scotland as well as the seizure of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

Other work includes the Scottish Parliament’s agreement to a Legislative Consent Memorandum on 26 June 2025 extending to Scotland the measures in the UK Government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill which criminalise the supply or handling of items suspected for use in organised crime, including pill presses.

Question reference: S6W-39763

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many current civil service posts have remained unallocated or functionless for more than six months.

Question reference: S6W-39754

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether Forestry and Land Scotland conducted any value for money assessments before proceeding with the purchase of the Glen Prosen estate; if so, what the outcome was of any such assessments, and what impact they had on the decision to purchase the estate.

Question reference: S6W-39685

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what new evidence it has considered in reaffirming its reported opposition to nuclear energy generation.

Question reference: S6W-39683

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it recently consulted businesses or trade unions before reiterating its reported opposition to nuclear energy.

Question reference: S6W-39680

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a full breakdown of how the £87 million transition fund related to Grangemouth refinery is being spent.

The Scottish Government has committed or already invested £87m in Grangemouth. This includes the newly established £25m Grangemouth Just Transition Fund which will support near term low carbon opportunities that have emerged following the conclusion of Project Willow. A table outlining the full breakdown of the £87m sum has been included in the following table.

Total Grangemouth investment	£m
Falkirk and Grangemouth Growth Deal	50
Skills intervention to support impacted workers	0.45
FY 25/26 budget allocation for Grangemouth support	7.8
Grangemouth Just Transition Fund	25
Fuel Switching net zero project (other)	2.25
SG support for Project Willow feasibility study	0.8
Project Grace study to consider decarbonisation interventions across Grangemouth	0.123
Biorefinery pre-appraise study to establish viability of a biorefinery at Grangemouth	0.185
Fuel Switching Net Zero Project appraise study	0.5
Total	87.108

Question reference: S6W-39682

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any broader risks to Scotland's oil and gas supply chain from oil and decommissioning firm closures.

The Scottish Government continues to monitor and consider a range of evidence in relation to the energy sector. We have commissioned and published independent analysis on Scotland’s Energy System and Just Transition, which includes consideration of offshore energy supply chains during the transition.

The regulation of the offshore oil and gas sector, including in relation to decommissioning, are matters currently reserved to the UK Government.

Question reference: S6W-39684

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 15 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the economic opportunity cost of its reported anti-nuclear policy since 2016.