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 how many applications in each local authority area are currently under review by the Energy Consents Unit.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) protection and (b) research vessels the Marine Directorate currently owns.
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.
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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.
To ask the Scottish Government what the value is of new business secured as a direct result of actions taken by its space envoy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Scottish Government how many decision notices it has been issued by the Scottish Information Commissioner, in each year since 2021.