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-39630
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it will make to ensure that television coverage of the Tour de France is free to air when the event comes to Scotland in 2027.
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Question reference: S6W-39635
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it holds licences for use of (a) Glenigan and (b) BoCreate data collection systems to monitor planning applications and approvals.
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Question reference: S6W-39579
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the costs were for the security resources that were dedicated to supporting President Trump’s visit to Scotland in July 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-39645
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring and evaluating whether annual funding to local government for trading standards teams is being targeted and spent in line with the purpose of ensuring that local and national enforcement priorities are delivered, including implementing the legislation on the sales of tobacco and vapes to underage people, sales of illicit tobacco and vapes, and the ban on single use vapes.
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Question reference: S6W-39633
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the possibility of developing or licensing the UK Government’s planning data platform for use in Scotland to monitor planning (a) approvals and (b) completions.
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Question reference: S6W-39643
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Victim Notification Scheme have been implemented.
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Question reference: S6W-39601
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic contribution of the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant to the Fife economy, including (a) direct employment, (b) supply-chain expenditure and (c) gross value added, in each of the last three calendar years.
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Question reference: S6W-39642
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly took them over one year to respond to the Independent Review of the Victim Notification Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-39596
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding the security of supply and future operation of the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant since 1 January 2020, and what the outcomes were of any such representations.
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Question reference: S6W-39603
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many domestic properties rely on (a) heating oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas as their primary heating fuel, broken down by local authority area.
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