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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-32722

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 16 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many productions organised by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra have taken place in (a) the Highlands and Islands region and (b) nationally in each year since 2021.

Since January 2021 the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has undertaken the following number of engagements in Scotland and in the Highlands and Islands:

Financial Year	No of total engagements across Scotland	No of engagements in Highlands and Islands	Details of engagements in Highlands and Islands
2021-2022	72	1	Inverness Family Concert
2022-2023	101	17	Elgin, Inverness*2, Drumnadrochit, Ballachulish, Kingussie, Findhorn and residency Shetland -10 engagements involving children from toddlers to secondary school pupils.
2023-2024	98	5	Kinlochleven, Findhorn, Fort Augustus, Elgin, Oban
2024-2025	103	7	Inverness*4, Thurso, Findhorn, Kinlochleven

Question reference: S6W-32720

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 16 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many productions organised by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra have taken place in (a) the Highlands and Islands region and (b) nationally in each year since 2021.

Since April 2021 the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has undertaken the following number of productions in Scotland and in the Highlands and Islands region:

Financial year	No of productions in Scotland	No of productions within Highlands and Islands	Details of engagements in Highlands and Islands
2021-2022	71	0	Inverness concert cancelled due to Omicron (Jan 2022)
2022-2023	105	1	Viennese Gala - Inverness
2023-2024	106	1	Viennese Gala - Inverness
2024-2025	88	2	Viennese Gala – Inverness, 09-01-2025 When Fish Began to Crawl – Inverness 28-01-2025

Question reference: S6O-04234

Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the additional £34 million allocated to Culture and Heritage in its draft Budget will assist in the preservation of any small, yet key, Scottish heritage sites under threat of closure, such as Kinneil Museum in the Falkirk East constituency.

Question reference: S6O-04239

Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its provision of funding for humanitarian aid in Gaza, whether it will provide an update on what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding recent developments in Gaza.

Question reference: S6O-04236

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it anticipates will be paid in this financial year in PFI and PPP unitary charge payments across the public sector.

Question reference: S6O-04240

Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting community efforts to preserve built heritage, ancient monuments and archaeological sites.

Question reference: S6O-04235

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support South Lanarkshire Council as part of the local government settlement for 2025-26.

Question reference: S6O-04241

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the remit of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry remains appropriate.

Question reference: S6O-04238

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve road safety on key routes.

Question reference: S6O-04237

Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting and investing in youth work.