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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether the budget to deliver the planned HMP Highland will be reduced, in light of the wider budgetary pressures highlighted in its fiscal statement on 3 September 2024.
To ask the Scottish Government when it next plans to publish its Analysis of the National Performance Framework Indicators from the Perspective of Disability.
To ask the Scottish Government what specific metrics will be included in the monitoring and evaluation of residential rehabilitation through the core minimum dataset.
To ask the Scottish Government whether there was any increase in passenger levels on the (a) Aberdeen to Inverness and (b) Perth to Inverness route during the ScotRail peak fares removal pilot compared with passenger levels prior to the pilot being introduced, and, if so, whether it can outline this as a percentage of passengers.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned date of commencement of the prohibition of the use of snares, as provided for in the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its policy on the procurement of power for the public sector (a) incentivises, (b) facilitates, (c) inhibits and (d) discriminates against community-owned energy providers and public bodies taking self-owned power generating initiatives.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided guidance or direction to Procurement Scotland that seeks to ensure that community-owned energy providers and public body self-owned generation within a local authority area are not disadvantaged in any national electricity supply procurement arrangements.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Practitioner Advisory Group to reform and modernise the compulsory purchase process.
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) local authorities and (b) other public sector organisations generating power must sell that power to the Scottish Government or the appointed contractor under Scotland's national electricity supply framework, or whether they are free to find the best price for their power in the open market and remain part of the wider portfolio of national procurement arrangements.
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities are required to participate in Scotland's national electricity supply framework arrangements.