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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)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-34241

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants employed by Food Standards Scotland in Aberdeen are on secondment, and what their roles are.

Question reference: S6W-34141

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions for speeding on trunk roads led to a (a) conviction and (b) acquittal in each year since 2018, broken down by (i) trunk road and (ii) court location.

Question reference: S6W-34136

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many penalties were issued for drink or drug driving offences on each trunk road, in each year since 2018.

Question reference: S6W-34318

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33251 by Ivan McKee on 23 January 2025, how much revenue has been raised from non-domestic rates levied on properties with pylon infrastructure in each of the last three years; whether any other levies are applied to pylons based on their height or size, and, if so, how much revenue was raised in 2024 from each of these levies.

Question reference: S6W-34215

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants are employed by Food Standards Scotland at its headquarters in Aberdeen, broken down by grade and role.

Question reference: S6W-34276

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how Food Standards Scotland is using technology to improve food safety monitoring and enforcement.

Question reference: S6W-34230

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps Food Standards Scotland is taking to improve the nutritional quality of ready meals.

Question reference: S6W-34093

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what role the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy’s recent meetings with German energy firms will play in achieving Scotland’s Clean Power 2030 targets.

Question reference: S6W-34527

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it defines "Fairer Funding".

Question reference: S6W-34220

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what training and development opportunities are available to Food Standards Scotland staff based in Aberdeen.