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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

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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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 17 November 2025
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Question reference: S6W-41953

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much money was budgeted for agricultural support payments in each of the last five years, and how much of this budget remained unspent at the end of each of those last five years.

Question reference: S6W-41955

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many agricultural support payments for which the applications have been approved in previous financial years are still to be paid out.

Question reference: S6W-41949

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many schools (a) have closed between 2007 and 2025 and (b) are currently at risk of closure in the (i) North East Scotland and (ii) Highlands and Islands region.

Question reference: S6W-41948

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many subject-specific secondary school teaching posts are currently filled by non-specialist teachers in each local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-41951

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on safety improvements at the A9 Dunkeld junction.

Question reference: S6W-41959

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to funding schemes for battery backup units or alternative technologies for households in areas prone to long power cuts, in light of the planned switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network in January 2027. 

Question reference: S6W-41957

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the planned switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network on rural and island communities, particularly those with poor mobile coverage and frequent power cuts. 

Question reference: S6W-41946

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve processing times for agricultural support payments.

Question reference: S6W-41958

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to improve broadband reliability in rural Scotland ahead of the switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network, in light of the fact that digital landlines depend on internet connectivity.

Question reference: S6W-41952

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many units of affordable housing have been constructed in the (a) Stirling, (b) Fife, (c) Perth and Kinross and (d) Clackmannanshire local authority areas in each year since 2015, and how many were delivered compared with local delivery plans.