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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-41688

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list all public bodies that have adopted the Cloud Platform Service to date.

The following Public Bodies and Scottish Government Directorates have adopted the Cloud Platform Service to date:

Public Bodies

Accountant in Bankruptcy
Environmental Standards Scotland
Revenue Scotland
Scottish Commission on Social Security
Scottish Government
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
Student Awards Agency Scotland
Food Standards Scotland
Scottish Public Pensions Agency

Scottish Government Directorates

Agriculture and Rural Economy
Children and Families Directorate
Digital Directorate
Directorate for Communications and Ministerial Support
HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
Marine Directorate

Question reference: S6W-42102

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the UK Government regarding the additional capital costs for the Dunard Centre project in Edinburgh through the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

Question reference: S6W-42103

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the additional £20 million capital costs it has committed to the construction of the Dunard Centre in Edinburgh will be accounted for, and what impact this will have on its wider funding for culture.

Question reference: S6W-42106

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what appraisal it has made of the options available to secure the provision of other suitable music venues in Edinburgh, in light of the rise in the costs of the Dunard Centre project in the city.

Question reference: S6W-42105

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it has received regarding potential further increases in construction costs for the Dunard Centre project in Edinburgh, and what assessment it has made of whether there is ongoing public support, in light of the operational costs.

Question reference: S6W-42104

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how and (b) when it was made aware of the increase in project capital costs for the Dunard Centre in Edinburgh from £45 million to £162 million.

Question reference: S6W-41701

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 18 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned refresh of its digital strategy, as proposed in the 2024 progress report.

Question reference: S6W-41687

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, since the ScotAccount scheme started, how many (a) unique accounts have been created, (b) sign-ins have been made, and (c) times each public service has been accessed via a Scot Account account.

Since ScotAccount’s launch in February 2023, over 540,000 unique accounts have been created with more than 2,200,000 total sign-ins to ScotAccount made.

ScotAccount has been used to access the following services online:

Public service	Number of times accessed
Disclosure Scotland	2,100,000
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Witness Gateway	50,000
Accountant in Bankruptcy’s Debt Arrangement Scheme	25,000
Scottish Government Registers (Tobacco, Funeral Services etc)	2,600
Registers of Scotland – Moveable Transactions	<100

*Figures rounded and accurate as of 10 November 2025. Data does not add to total sign ins due to rounding and sign in to account management settings.

Question reference: S6W-41685

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many external telephone calls relating to their work were made by (a) its executive agencies and (b) other public bodies in the last calendar year, broken down by how much was spent on these, and what information it has regarding the number of calls from external sources relating to such work that were received.

Question reference: S6W-41683

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many externally issued hard-copy letters relating to their work were sent by (a) its executive agencies and (b) other public bodies, in the last calendar year, and also broken down by how much was spent on these.