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: S7W-02317
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it will complete and publish a quantitative and spatially specific assessment of the contribution that measures in the 2025 Programme of Measures under the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010 are expected to make towards Scotland's agreed share of UK-wide seafloor integrity targets.
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Question reference: S7W-02322
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided any funding to (a) NHS health boards and (b) local authorities in order to carry out remedial works on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) found in buildings.
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Question reference: S7W-02318
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the question S7W-01610 by Maree Todd on 5th August 2026, whether, and on what timeline, it will publish the recommendations provided by the six Long Term Conditions Advisory Groups.
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Question reference: S7W-02323
- Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting Glasgow School of Art in its effort to restore the Macintosh Building.
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Question reference: S7W-02328
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many housing adaptations have been approved through the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in 2026-27 so far, broken down by registered social landlord, and (b) what proportion this represents of the estimated 8,500 adaptations associated with the programme that were budgeted for as part of its Budget for 2026/27.
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Question reference: S7W-02326
- Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the recent wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park, for what reason it (a) made a request for vehicles from the Ministry of Defence, specifically water bombing helicopters, that the Ministry does not possess, and (b) turned down an offer from the Ministry of Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters as part of efforts to combat the fire.
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Question reference: S7W-02315
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reasons why Good Environmental Status was not achieved for seafloor integrity by the statutory deadline of 2020, and by what revised date it expects this status to be achieved in Scottish waters.
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Question reference: S7W-02316
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the timetable for implementing outstanding seafloor integrity measures from the 2015 Programme of Measures and the relevant measures in the 2025 Programme of Measures, as recommended by Environmental Standards Scotland in its report Protecting Scotland's seafloor.
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Question reference: S7W-02319
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the process to update the Good Practice Principles for Community Benefits from Onshore Renewable Energy Developments, what (a) regional discussion events and (b) targeted engagement have taken place with (i) community groups and (ii) developers.
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Question reference: S7W-02333
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence, data, assumptions and modelling were used to arrive at its estimate that funding allocated to the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in its Budget for 2026-27 would support approximately 8,500 housing adaptations, and whether it will publish the methodology used to make that estimate.
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