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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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Question reference: S6O-05250

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is supporting Scotland’s aerospace, defence, marine and space sectors.

Scotland’s aerospace, defence, marine and space sectors are vital to national security and economic growth. Since 2006-07, over £90m has been invested through enterprise agencies. Recent examples include: £9.22m to BAE Systems to support a skills academy, part of a project to modernise shipyards on the Clyde; £9m to ZeroAvia for green aircraft engine manufacturing, creating 350 jobs and building on a £20m Scottish National Investment Bank investment; up to £2m for engineering skills in Glasgow; and over £300k to boost space sector innovation. Ministers also continue to engage on UK Government initiatives such as the UK Defence Industrial Strategy.

Question reference: S6O-05270

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with the UK Government regarding the Energy Profits Levy and its implications for north east Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-05166

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a response to COSLA’s request for additional funding to support local authorities in the forthcoming Budget.

Question reference: S6O-05128

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to STV’s proposed changes to its news provision, including the potential impact on local and regional journalism in north east Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-05094

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the UK-wide Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund on opportunities for innovation that maximise the value created by Scotland’s seafood industry.

Question reference: S6O-05069

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress being made against its Public Service Reform Strategy.

Question reference: S6O-04898

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Seafood Scotland regarding the development of the Scottish Ocean Cluster.

Question reference: S6O-04893

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress being made in relation to its Hydrogen Action Plan.

Question reference: S6W-39404

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 6 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent research by the University of Aberdeen, which concluded that people from deprived areas face lower stroke survival odds, in part due to being less likely to source appropriate treatment, and that they are more likely to be younger and have more co-existing health conditions, and what action is being taken to address this reported inequity of access.

The Scottish Government’s Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factors programme aims to reduce avoidable CVD death by 20% in 20 years.

A key principle of the programme is the approach of proportional universalism, to reduce associated health inequalities and to extend cardiovascular disease prevention efforts to those we know are at highest risk and particularly underserved by existing models of care

Further information on the Scottish CVD Risk Factors Programme can be found at:

National cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and risk factors toolkit | Right Decisions

The CVD Risk Factors programme is part of a wider suite of work that sits with the Preventative and Proactive care (PPC) programme and is referenced in the Prevention section of the NHS Scotland Operational Improvement Plan published in March and in Scotland’s Population Health Framework 2025-2035, published in June, in the Equitable Healthcare section.

We will continue to work closely with our stakeholders and third sector organisations to implement positive change for people who experience a stroke.

Question reference: S6F-04200

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 June 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2025

To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government’s latest engagement with the UK Government regarding funding and timescales for the development of the Acorn carbon capture and storage project.