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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: S6W-40679

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 30 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on its capital funding budget of the funding decisions taken by (a) the current and (b) any previous UK administration.

The funding decisions taken by the UK Government flow into UK Spending Reviews and budgets, which also set out the Scottish Government’s overall capital funding. The capital budget as laid out in the UK spending review on 11 June 2025 delivers a real terms cut to the SG CDEL budget by the end of period covered. In financial year 2029-30 the SG CDEL budget is 1.1% lower in 2025-26 terms. While the front-loaded nature of the capital budgets as well as the sizable increase in financial transactions are welcomed they do not offset the loss of spending power from this real terms reduction. It is widely accepted that the recent inflationary environment has had a greater effect on capital budgets particularly construction related projects. Therefore, the loss of spending power on infrastructure could be even greater than the numbers show. This has been compounded by historic real terms cuts to our Capital settlement by previous governments leading to a backlog in maintenance.

Question reference: S6O-05021

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-40525

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 23 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether Integration Joint Boards are able to reverse budget decisions.

Question reference: S6O-04977

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the next UK Budget, which will be delivered on 26 November.

Question reference: S6W-40335

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the definition of positive destinations for school leavers to include self-employed in addition to higher education, further education, employment, training, personal skills development and voluntary work.

Question reference: S6O-04930

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Empire, Slavery and Scotland's Museums Steering Group and its work to consider Scotland’s involvement in empire, colonialism and historic slavery and how this can be addressed using museum collections and museum spaces, including the potential for a standalone slavery or human rights museum.

Question reference: S6O-04926

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Inverclyde Council, private developers and registered social landlords operating in Inverclyde regarding housing development activity planned for the current financial year and for 2026-27.

Question reference: S6O-04891

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the energy secretary has had with the UK Government regarding how Scotland's energy policy and natural resources could support the establishment of new data centres in the country.

Question reference: S6W-38964

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the public consultation on the further regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

The consultation on licensing and regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures ran from 20 December 2024 to 14 February 2025. We received over 2,200 responses from a variety of individuals and organisations, which along with further engagement with stakeholders, have helped to shape our proposals.

The analysis and Scottish Government’s response to the consultation was published today and is available on the Scottish Government’s website at Regulation and Licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures: Consultation analysis and response - gov.scot

Question reference: S6O-04840

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what discussions it has had with the UK Government in relation to the Prime Minister’s reported comments that he does not believe that there will be another independence referendum during his administration and that nobody is raising this with him as their first priority, in light of reports that recent polling shows support for independence at over 50%.