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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-03371

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many digital adverts it has created to promote its Programme for Government and related policy announcements.

Question reference: S7W-03381

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in improving and increasing toilet facilities and access to toilets for train drivers in Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-03206

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of passenger journeys that will be made under the £2 bus fare cap in the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport area during the financial year 2026-27.

Question reference: S7W-03207

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £2 bus fare cap in the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport area, how it has calculated the estimated number of passenger journeys, including any assumptions about passenger demand and the number of eligible journeys.

Question reference: S7W-03205

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the payments it will make to private bus operators in the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport area in the financial year 2026-27 under the £2 bus fare cap.

Question reference: S7W-03204

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £2 bus fare cap in the Highlands and Islands, how much it has paid to private bus operators and how many passenger journeys have been made, to date.

Question reference: S7W-03210

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £2 bus fare cap in the Highlands and Islands, how it has calculated the estimated number of passenger journeys, including any assumptions about passenger demand and the number of eligible journeys.

Question reference: S7W-03209

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of passenger journeys that will be made under the £2 bus fare cap in the Highlands and Islands during the financial year 2026-27.

Question reference: S7W-03208

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the payments it will make to private bus operators in the Highlands and Islands in the financial year 2026-27 under the £2 bus fare cap.

Question reference: S7W-02844

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Stephen Flynn on 11 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the terms of reference for the recently announced feasibility study into the use of tram-trains on Edinburgh's South Suburban line.