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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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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 14 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-42917

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much in Just Transition Fund awards, expressed in (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the total fund, has been allocated to each eligible local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-42877

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential cumulative impact of data centres on Scotland's (a) electricity grid, (b) water resources, (c) groundwater and (d) communities.

Question reference: S6W-42919

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the role of revenue funding in enabling local authorities and community partners to develop and deliver complex, multi-year, just transition projects, and what proportion of the Just Transition Fund has been awarded for revenue purposes.

Question reference: S6W-42921

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what changes it plans to make to the (a) structure and (b) administration of the Just Transition Fund to ensure equitable, strategic and place-based distribution of funding in future rounds.

Question reference: S6W-42920

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how coordinated, place-based, regional just transition programmes are assessed by the Just Transition Fund, compared with individual project applications.

Question reference: S6W-42918

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses to assess whether the distribution of Just Transition Fund investment across local authority areas is fair and proportionate over time.

Question reference: S6W-42878

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring the (a) number and (b) energy capacity of data centres that are currently in the Scottish planning system.

Question reference: S6W-42880

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its current position is on modernising or replacing the 1491 Common Good legislation, in line with recommendations from the Scottish Land Commission.

Question reference: S6W-42882

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it supports to raise public awareness of Common Good assets, their registers and decision-making processes.

Question reference: S6W-42876

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy strategy, what action it is taking to ensure that the grid connections for planned data centres reserved by National Energy System Operator are matched with the most preferential sites in Scotland, as set out in the report, Short list for Data Centre Site Development, which was published in May 2025.