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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: S7W-04010

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of establishing a Scottish equivalent to the UK Government's Museum Estate and Development (MEND) Fund.

Question reference: S7W-04013

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £4 million of the £70 million in new culture funding it rolled out over the last two years has been allocated to projects outside of the central belt.

Question reference: S7W-04008

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason multi-year funding settlements have been extended to the organisations core funded through Creative Scotland but not to non-national museums and galleries, and whether it will address any such disparity.

Question reference: S7W-03436

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Stephen Gethins on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the role of Scotland’s 5,583 civil nuclear workers in supporting the country’s energy transition.

The Scottish Government recognises the contribution that Scotland’s civil nuclear workforce makes to our energy system. We have not made a separate assessment of the cited figure.

Scotland’s energy transition will continue to require the skills that nuclear workers hold, whether in decommissioning or across the wider energy sector. Decommissioning at former sites is expected to continue for decades to come and will follow at Torness in due course.

Question reference: S7W-03438

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Stephen Gethins on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the role of the 2,125 people employed at Dounreay in maintaining and developing Scotland’s nuclear skills base.

Question reference: S7W-03437

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Stephen Gethins on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with industry about the future of the 2,125 civil nuclear jobs currently supported at Dounreay.

Question reference: S7O-00341

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the changes outlined in its proposed neonatal intensive care plan on rural areas.

Question reference: S7O-00307

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to democratically empower communities across rural Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-02701

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons the standard mileage allowance under the Motability scheme administered by Social Security Scotland does not extend to short leisure trips, and what assessment was undertaken in reaching that position.

Motability is responsible for operational aspects relating to the standard annual inclusive mileage allowance, which customers can continue to use at their discretion, including for short leisure trips. Motability reduced the standard allowance following UK Government tax changes. Whilst we know that this has created uncertainty for clients, Scottish Government engagement with Motability on the changes means that additional mileage support is available for customers who live in certain rural and island areas and for those who use more than 3,000 of the standard mileage allowance for essential healthcare, education and employment journeys.

Question reference: S7W-03012

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Simita Kumar on 22 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to implement the framework set out in its 2023 Feminist Approach to International Relations (FAIR) position paper, Taking A Feminist Approach To International Relations, across all portfolios.

Implementation of the Scottish Government’s Feminist Approach to International Relations is underway across ministerial portfolios, following the publication of the position paper in 2023, with ministers and officials continuing to apply its principles to policy development, programme design and international engagement.

For example, we are delivering our participatory Women and Girls Fund in our international development partner countries of Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia. This programme seeks to both advance gender equality and equalise power with the Global South through supporting women and girls in our partner countries to define and meet their own priorities.

In the climate action and rural affairs portfolio, the Scottish Government is continuing to put climate justice at the heart of our international action. We are embedding participatory approaches in our programmes and mainstreaming gender equality considerations by addressing structural inequality and ensuring all programmes have specific gender equality objectives.