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-41533
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how Police Scotland prioritises the execution of arrest warrants for serious crimes.
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Question reference: S6W-41531
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of any current outstanding arrest warrants relate to crimes of murder, attempted murder, rape or serious assault.
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Question reference: S6W-41525
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has held at a ministerial level with (a) Scottish Veterans Residences and (b) the Veterans Scotland Housing Group regarding (i) veterans' homelessness and (ii) the impact of the housing emergency on veterans wishing to settle in Scotland; on what dates any such meetings took place; what the outcomes were, and what future meetings are scheduled.
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Question reference: S6W-41567
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of older and vulnerable people who will have their insurance policies for funeral costs withdrawn as a result of the termination of the Family Protection Plan by C Mutual and Maiden Life Försäkrings from 30 November 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-41557
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons the retired MV Hebridean Isles vessel is being dismantled at a facility in Denmark and not in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-41532
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what impact any declining police officer numbers have had on the enforcement of arrest warrants.
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Question reference: S6W-41558
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details on how the delivery plan for the MV Glen Rosa is being updated, as specified in the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: major capital projects progress update - August 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-41527
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many immigrants have been placed in temporary accommodation in Glasgow in 2025 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-41560
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on pupils' learning outcomes of any increasing reliance by local authorities on supply teachers, in light of the reported £1.6 million spend by Inverclyde Council on supply teachers in one year.
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Question reference: S6W-41544
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the full correspondence between ministers and NHS Forth Valley regarding the delayed completion of the new orthopaedic ward at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
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