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
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Question reference: S6W-38637
- Asked by: Davy Russell, MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many babies have been admitted to Wishaw Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025; how many of these babies came from other NHS board areas, and what the originating NHS board areas were.
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Question reference: S6W-38630
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of Annual Participation Measure data in the Scottish Borders since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-38631
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the national average participation level has been in the Annual Participation Measure since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-38607
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on counsellors in schools in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-38642
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many drug finds there have been in HMP (a) Greenock and (b) Kilmarnock in each month since January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-38644
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) business management teachers there are and (b) schools do not currently offer the subject, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-38610
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what value of financial penalties on colleges and universities for recruiting above their allocated funded places has been returned to and received by the Scottish Government in each year since 1999, broken down by individual (a) college and (b) university.
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Question reference: S6W-38624
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being offered to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding the reported 14 community fire stations across Scotland that are affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), including Hawick Fire Station.
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Question reference: S6W-38625
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-35709 by Siobhian Brown on 21 March 2025, what support would be available to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service if it were to request to become a statutory consultee in planning processes involving battery energy storage systems.
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Question reference: S6W-38628
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether a national impact assessment has been conducted in relation to any fire risk of battery energy storage system applications and developments, and what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding this issue.
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