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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 February 2025
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Question reference: S6W-34370

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that it will deliver the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan by 2035, and whether it will propose a ministerial statement on this issue.

Question reference: S6W-34380

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what distance of rail electrification will need to be delivered by 2035 as part of the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan.

Question reference: S6W-33818

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 31 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29942 by Gillian Martin on 27 September 2024, in light of the minister's comment that "where communities have an ownership stake in energy production, we are seeing surpluses being used to support local employment and other initiatives", whether the proposals in the community wealth building bill will support the expansion of community-owned energy.

Question reference: S6W-33817

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 30 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided to PetroIneos toward Project Willow at the Grangemouth refinery site, and whether all material in relation to the project will be made publicly available.

Question reference: S6W-33350

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 January 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the next Scottish House Condition Survey.

Question reference: S6W-32929

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much any delays to the construction of a new eye hospital in Edinburgh, since 2018, have added to the cost of completing the project.

Question reference: S6W-32375

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to spend the £11.4 million allocated in its draft Budget 2025-26 towards the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) to support an increase in community owned energy projects.

Question reference: S6W-32374

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 7 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to achieve its ambition to spend £500 million on the Just Transition Fund over 10 years, in light of only £15.9 million being allocated towards the fund in its draft Budget 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-31966

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30029 by Gillian Martin on 30 September 2024, whether any of the listed flood prevention schemes have since been completed.

Question reference: S6W-31855

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-20007 and S6W-20008 by Fiona Hyslop on 14 August 2023, how many meetings have taken place between (a) ScotRail, (b) the Scottish Ministers and (c) Scottish Government officials and Stena Line since 1 April 2022, and whether any such meetings involved discussions regarding increased connectivity on the Cairnryan-Belfast ferry route.