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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-44013

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what procedures are in place to monitor the number of repeated cases of Property Factor Enforcement Orders (PFEO) against a factor, and what its position is on when a factor is deemed not fit and proper to continue as a registered factor under the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011.

Question reference: S6W-44008

Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the reason is for the reported exclusion of children and young people’s services from the current strategic work to develop its Long Term Conditions Framework, including from recent governance and scoping events, and what steps it will take to ensure that children and young people are structurally included in the design of governance, advisory arrangements and strategic priorities at the current stage of the process, in line with its commitments under the Disability Equality Plan, the National Transitions to Adulthood Strategy for Young Disabled People (2025–2030), and its duties under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024.

Question reference: S6W-44009

Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to ensuring that children and young people with long-term conditions are structurally and meaningfully included in governance, prioritisation and strategic design decisions regarding its Long Term Conditions Framework, including through the development of a parallel children and young people’s long-term conditions framework to run concurrently with the adult framework.

Question reference: S6W-44014

Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that election materials, including postal ballot papers, are delivered on time and to a high standard prior to the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May 2026, in light of reports from the Communication Workers Union that the decreasing postal service workforce in Scotland could pose a risk to these deliveries.

Question reference: S6W-44019

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the forthcoming publication of its Alcohol and Drugs Plan, whether it has reviewed the current formulas for funding allocation for alcohol and drug services to establish if they adequately reflect the additional challenges of delivering services in remote, rural and island communities.

Question reference: S6W-44016

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that its new national housing agency prioritises affordable housing in the Highlands, to prevent local residents from being priced out by any increased demand from large infrastructure projects.

Question reference: S6W-44020

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to permitting alcohol and drug partnerships to carry forward underspends between financial years.

Question reference: S6W-44022

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on developing a method to capture and measure the activity of veterans’ start-up businesses.

Question reference: S6T-02930

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care’s letter to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee regarding the funding required for the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on 26 February, what current NHS services would potentially be reduced to meet such costs.

Question reference: S6T-02931

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture has had with the UK Government regarding any assistance that the Scottish Government could provide, within devolved competence, to support anyone resident in Scotland who might be affected by the escalating situation in Iran and the Gulf region.