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-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-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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Question reference: S6W-39669
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government's announcement that it will not pursue plans for zonal energy prices, what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this, including how it might support local authorities that might wish to pursue the possibility of a local energy rate.
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Question reference: S6W-39686
- 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 urgent action it is taking to disrupt the supply of valium-type drugs containing lethal compounds.
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Question reference: S6W-39673
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government who has been appointed to the Evidence Review on Chronic Pain, which is being handled by the Pain Management Task Force; what the remit of the review is, and when the findings will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-39684
- 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 estimate it has made of the economic opportunity cost of its reported anti-nuclear policy since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-39605
- 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 representations it has made to the UK Government regarding (a) the regulation of prices and (b) supply chains for (i) heating oil and (ii) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) serving rural communities in Scotland since 1 January 2020, and what response it has received.
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