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-39770
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the percentage of total hospital buildings that currently fail basic modern safety standards for older and vulnerable patients.
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Question reference: S6W-39785
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its decision to not proceed with plans to designate Galloway and Ayrshire as a national park, what resources it plans to make available to south-west Scotland to promote investment and economic growth in the area.
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Question reference: S6W-39773
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all (a) internal and (b) external correspondence relating to the Flamingo Land Lomond Banks planning process.
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Question reference: S6W-39755
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason no public consultation or stakeholder engagement was carried out before the acquisition of the Glen Prosen estate.
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Question reference: S6W-39781
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote financial literacy to young people in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-39780
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage young people to save money using schemes run by credit unions.
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Question reference: S6W-39795
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in the next Budget, it will renew the additional £3 million of targeted funding allocated to Police Scotland to reduce retail crime.
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Question reference: S6W-39779
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the (a) Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL) and (b) Scottish League of Credit Unions, and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-39801
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the fourth supplementary to question S6O-02531 by Siobhian Brown on 20 September 2023, in light of the minister’s comment that Scotland is “maintaining frontline services by having a higher number of firefighters than there is in other parts of the UK”, whether it can confirm how many firefighters there are in Scotland, and how this compares with the rest of the UK, also broken down by how many firefighters from (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK are currently available for operational service and are employed (i) in a full-time equivalent (FTE) role or (ii) on a retained duty system (RDS), and how it ensures that, when calculating these figures, it does not double-count firefighters in Scotland who hold dual contracts with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service as both FTE and RDS staff.
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Question reference: S6W-39796
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the resources available to support the mental health and wellbeing of retail staff following an incident of retail crime.
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