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.
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Question reference: S6W-41581
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when Ministers will provide an update to Parliament on plans to extend the support provided to unpaid carers after the person they have cared for dies.
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Question reference: S6W-41589
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many floods have been recorded in each of the (a) 42 formal flood protection schemes and (b) flood engineering works' areas in each calendar year since January 2016, broken down by the (i) damage caused and (ii) cost of each incident.
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Question reference: S6W-41582
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what specific criteria SEPA will use when reviewing information provided by operators in the BMW Ban – Notification Form, to determine that producers, waste managers and landfill operators will not be breaching any conditions in permits or duty of care requirements when accepting landfill of biodegradable municipal waste after 31 December 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-41539
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost has been of rectifying pension administration errors by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-41576
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of congestion charges on lower paid workers who drive.
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Question reference: S6W-41572
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions NHS boards have been placed in escalation status in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-41568
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding whether an exemption from Air Departure Tax for lifeline services would be compatible with the UK Subsidy Control Act 2022, or if amending the Act would have to be a prerequisite to resolving the issue reportedly currently preventing the replacement of Air Passenger Duty with Air Departure Tax.
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Question reference: S6W-41569
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has instructed Revenue Scotland to begin the development of the systems required to collect Air Departure Tax and if so, when it expects this work to be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-41570
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Competition and Markets Authority regarding the introduction of an exemption from Air Departure Tax for lifeline services.
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Question reference: S6O-05121
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates to be the baseline figure for its ambition towards all-tenure housing delivery of a 10% increase in housebuilding each year over the next three years.
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