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-37212
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of disability benefit waiting times, in light of the Young Lives vs Cancer research, The Cost of Waiting, which states that almost half of young cancer patients in Scotland finish their active treatment before receiving a decision on their disability benefit application.
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Question reference: S6W-37215
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government which companies are included in the framework agreement for contractors providing services for Scottish Water.
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Question reference: S6W-37214
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Young Lives vs Cancer research, The Cost of Waiting, which states that almost one in two households with a child or young person with cancer had to use their savings, and three in five borrowed money, following a diagnosis, what consideration it has given to how such outcomes align with its child poverty reduction targets.
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Question reference: S6W-37227
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its current plans are for the site of the former Braehead brickworks in Bargeddie, North Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S6W-37209
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33050 by Shona Robison on 21 January 2025, how much it has spent on advertising in (a) national and (b) local newspapers, broken down by title, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-37220
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any problems with Scottish Water’s Old Meldrum project; if so, what issues have arisen, and what the (a) original and (b) final cost of the work was.
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Question reference: S6W-37219
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether private sector contractors in the Scottish Water framework agreement are allowed to sub-contract.
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Question reference: S6W-37223
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its current plans are for the former RAF Dallachy site in Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-37225
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties it currently owns.
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Question reference: S6W-37221
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 210 appeals against SEPA's sea lice control measures, reported active as of March 2025, (a) have been (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed and (b) are still under consideration.
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