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-39682
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any broader risks to Scotland's oil and gas supply chain from oil and decommissioning firm closures.
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Question reference: S6W-39609
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the average cost difference for rural off-gas-grid households is between alternative low-carbon heating solutions and (a) heating oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and what action it can take to address any affordability gap.
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Question reference: S6W-39677
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time has been between initial project approval and start on site for affordable homes in each year since 2010.
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Question reference: S6W-39632
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Planning and the Housing Emergency - Delivery Plan does not mandate new methods to monitor planning approvals and build-out in relation to planning consents for new homes.
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Question reference: S6W-39628
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many reported cases of sexual assault in each of the last three years have been subject to a diversion from prosecution.
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Question reference: S6W-39683
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it recently consulted businesses or trade unions before reiterating its reported opposition to nuclear energy.
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Question reference: S6W-39689
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many drug-related deaths have occurred in public places in the last year, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-39562
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value is of any Freight Facilities Grants that have been paid out in each of the last three financial years, broken down by the (a) value of each grant and (b) organisation that received the funding.
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Question reference: S6W-39676
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost per unit has been to deliver an affordable home in each year since 2007, and what assessment it has made of how many additional homes could have been delivered if a greater share of investment had taken place during years when construction costs were lower.
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Question reference: S6W-39675
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the total underspend has been in its housing capital budgets since 2007, and what assessment it has made of how any underspend has affected affordable home delivery.
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