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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

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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 4 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-44061

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the minimum 40% office attendance requirement on staff living in rural, island and remote communities.

Question reference: S6W-43883

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to the security of employment of the workers at Wave Energy Scotland as part of its decision to not allocate the organisation funding in its draft Budget 2026-27.

Question reference: S6W-44027

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) target and (b) current average processing time is for Social Security Scotland to recognise the legal authority of a power of attorney document when presented with it, and to permit and enable a person granted such a power of attorney to manage the Social Security Scotland benefits of the claimant in question.

Question reference: S6W-44063

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA) on the hybrid working and location policy, and, if not, for what reason.

Question reference: S6W-44045

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has ever produced any guidance on single-sex spaces in leisure centres, and, if so, what the content of that guidance is.

Question reference: S6W-44071

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what audit of non-functioning community CCTV cameras has been undertaken by Police Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-44057

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose the scheduling of a ministerial statement on the use of Scotland’s inshore seas for the marine storage of offshore wind platform bases or other apparatus, in light of the potential impacts on the marine environment and on economic and recreational activities, such as fishing, angling and sailing, which depend on near-shore waters.

Question reference: S6W-44052

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it took, prior to awarding a £1.83 million grant to Offshore Solutions Group, to assess whether that grant could cause displacement through loss of business or loss of opportunity to other sectors, including loss of revenue for ports and harbours with existing capacity to provide the required storage and for the inshore fishing sector, whose fishing grounds might be severely affected by the use of those areas for the storage of around 60 large offshore wind platform bases.

Question reference: S6W-44048

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers it consistent with required financial practices and the finance manual for Scottish Enterprise to award a £1.8 million grant, with clawback provisions, to a company whose latest accounts show assets of around £131,000 and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S6W-44059

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it and its agencies have taken in response to reported concerns about contamination in the Scaur Water, near Sanquhar, following works relating to the Sanquhar II Wind Farm.