Skip to main content
Loading…

Chamber and committees

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

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 18 October 2025
Answer status
Question type

Displaying 1025 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S6W-41331

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications in each local authority area are currently under review by the Energy Consents Unit. 

Question reference: S6W-41328

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) protection and (b) research vessels the Marine Directorate currently owns.

Question reference: S6W-41320

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is for a child to receive cleft lip and palate surgery, as of 30 September 2025, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S6W-41341

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many vacant (a) crofts and (b) farms there were in each local authority area on 30 September in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-41340

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the value is of new business secured as a direct result of actions taken by its space envoy.

Question reference: S6W-41321

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on legal fees paid to prevent disclosures under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-41338

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement action it has taken in each year since 2014 against housing associations following failures to repay funding from Scotland's Charitable Bond Programme, broken down by association.

Question reference: S6W-41336

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) affordable and (b) social properties have been built as a result of loans from Scotland's Charitable Bond Programme, broken down by local authority area, since the programme was established in 2013.

Question reference: S6W-41335

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will produce an island communities impact assessment to evaluate any impact of its proposed Air Departure Tax on island communities.

Question reference: S6W-41322

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many decision notices it has been issued by the Scottish Information Commissioner, in each year since 2021.