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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)
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Question reference: S6W-37400

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered sex offenders have changed their given name since 2023.

Following your topical question S6T-02471 on 22 April 2025 in relation to sex offender name change. I subsequently wrote to you about sex offender name change on 30 April 2025. In that response, I set out additional background, including that - as various names can be held in relation to the same individual: "instances of name change", is not necessarily the same as individuals who have changed their given name. I also highlighted to you that as the management of registration records of a Registered Sex Offender (RSO) is an operational matter for Police Scotland, they are therefore best placed to provide you with additional details on what their records do or do not show.

All answers to Topical Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at Official Report: search what was said in Parliament | Scottish Parliament Website

Question reference: S6W-37040

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the reasons are for its reported position that an independent Scotland would be better able to mitigate the impact on Scotland of economic and financial uncertainty, and what evidence informed its position on the matter.

I refer the member to the publication, A stronger economy with independence, which sets out detailed proposals on how the Scottish Government would use the full powers of independence to build an inclusive, fair, wellbeing economy that works for everyone in Scotland, and will allow us to replicate the success of many neighbouring countries which are more prosperous, productive and fairer than the UK.

Question reference: S6W-37224

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all leases that are currently held by the Scottish public sector, broken down by (a) cost and (b) department or agency.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on all public sector leases centrally. The following table shows all current Scottish Government leased properties and the cost of each lease.

Property	Total lease cost	Department
10 Commerce Street (Fraserburgh Fishery Office)	£14,674.00	Scottish Government
28 Cunzie Street (Anstruther Fishery Office)	£12,223.00	Scottish Government
40 Hall Street (Campbeltown Fishery Office)	£8,839.00	Scottish Government
5 Atlantic Quay	£543,546.00	Scottish Government
7 Ferry Terminal Building (Kirkwall Fishery Office)	£2,500.00	Scottish Government
AB1 Building	£49,607.00	Scottish Government
Alexander Fleming House	£48,559.00	Scottish Government
Alexandra Buildings (Lerwick Fishery Office)	£26,392.00	Scottish Government
Bothwell House (Ground and First Floors)	£23,165.00	Scottish Government
Brooms Road - Dumfries	£259,827.00	Scottish Government
Bute House	£87,500.00	Scottish Government
Bute House Car Park	£8,250.00	Scottish Government
Caley Building (Peterhead Fishery Office)	£24,688.00	Scottish Government
Charlotte House	£83,645.00	Scottish Government
Compass House	£45,634.00	Scottish Government
Culag Pier (Lochinver Fishery Office)	£7,502.00	Scottish Government
Custom House (Stornoway Fishery Office)	£18,817.00	Scottish Government
Denholm House	£107,818.00	Scottish Government
Fishmarket Building (Eyemouth Fishery Office)	£10,688.00	Scottish Government
Garage No.2 Lockup, North St, Fraserburgh	£15,260.00	Scottish Government
Hadrian House	£96,061.00	Scottish Government
Harbour Buildings (Mallaig Fishery Office)	£4,037.00	Scottish Government
Inchbraoch House	£5,983.00	Scottish Government
James Street	£503.00	Scottish Government
Kinlochbervie Fishery Office - Number 7	£2,609.00	Scottish Government
Ocean Trade Centre	£141,572.00	Scottish Government
Office at Tarbert Fish Market	£788.00	Scottish Government
Russell House	£285,238.00	Scottish Government
Kinlochbervie Fishery Office - Number 5	£1,400.00	Scottish Government
Saughton House - land	£160,000.00	Scottish Government
Scotland House - Brussels	£373,930.00	Scottish Government
Scotland House - London	£439,230.00	Scottish Government
St Ola House (Scrabster Fishery Office)	£20,000.00	Scottish Government
Strathearn House	£393,722.00	Scottish Government
The Douglas Centre (Buckie Fishery Office)	£5,767.00	Scottish Government
The Island Centre, Crossapol	£6,300.00	Scottish Government
The Links, Golspie	£16,845.00	Scottish Government
The Zoology Building	£162,441.00	Scottish Government
Unit 4, Seagate, Peterhead	£5,946.00	Scottish Government
Unit 4B Kinlochleven Business Park	£5,416.00	Scottish Government
Unit 5, Old Quay - Campbeltown	£1,000.00	Scottish Government
West Shore Street (Ullapool Fishery Office)	£6,750.00	Scottish Government

Question reference: S6T-02523

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the announcement that NHS Grampian has been escalated to stage 4 of NHS Scotland's National Performance Framework for finance, leadership and governance.

Question reference: S6T-02522

Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any implications for Scotland’s public services of the UK Government’s proposed reforms to the immigration system.

Question reference: S6F-04082

Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the recently announced UK-USA trade deal and its potential implications for businesses in Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-04075

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to address the performance of NHS 24, in light of reports that nearly one in five calls to the service went unanswered last year.

Question reference: S6F-04071

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-04069

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-04070

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.