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.
Criathragan Hide all filters
Displaying 536 questions Show Answers
Order by
|
Question reference: S6W-42047
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by size of business of the number of (a) ineligible, (b) eligible and successful and (c) eligible and unsuccessful applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-42044
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servant hours in total it has taken to date to (a) process and (b) make determinations on applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-42042
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether computers have been used in any way to process applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-05248
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Transport last met with local communities over the future of the Corran Narrows crossing.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-05156
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has undertaken of the potential impact of proposed workers' camps in and around communities across the Highlands and Islands.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-05130
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential economic implications of its paper A Fresh Start with Independence.
Answer
Question reference: S6T-02727
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how decisions on the award of offers of grants for the Future Farming Investment Scheme were made.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-05098
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent poll that states that a majority of people in Scotland think the NHS is worse now than it was a decade ago.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-05062
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the impact on the tourism sector of any new taxes or regulation.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-05054
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what challenges are faced by those delivering education across the Highlands and Islands.
Answer
