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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-43465

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people aged 16 to 24 in Inverclyde have been categorised as not in education, employment or training (NEET), in each of the last five financial years.

Question reference: S6W-43408

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many people moved into sustained employment following the completion of a Scottish Government funded employability programme in the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-43407

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases scheduled to be heard at Greenock Sheriff Court were adjourned due to court capacity or scheduling issues, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-43406

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the average time, in weeks, is between the first calling and the conclusion of summary criminal cases at Greenock Sheriff Court, in the most recent year for which data is available.

Question reference: S6O-05438

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider its stated position of opposing the construction of new nuclear power stations in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-42900

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42387 by Richard Lochhead on 17 December 2025, how many small businesses in Inverclyde have closed in each of the last five years.

The preferred source for data on business deaths is the annual Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Demography series, the latest edition is available at: Business demography, UK - Office for National Statistics. Business deaths are a proxy for the number of businesses closed down. Business deaths are measured as businesses removed from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), which is a database of all businesses registered for Value-Added-Tax (VAT) and/or Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) income tax. A business is removed from the IDBR if its turnover and employment are zero for several periods, or if the ONS is notified that the business has ceased trading through an administrative or survey source. Business deaths data for Inverclyde are provided in Table 1.

Table 1: Business Deaths, Inverclyde, 2020 to 2024

Year	Business Deaths
2020	205
2021	190
2022	215
2023	190
2024	180

Source: Business Demography, Office for National Statistics

Question reference: S6W-42895

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many children in Inverclyde were living in temporary accommodation in each year since 2019, also broken down by how many have remained in such accommodation for more than one year, and for how long.

The following table shows the total number of children in Inverclyde that were in temporary accommodation at some point during each year from 2018-19 to 2024-25.

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Total	25	23	42	48	54	36	50

Children can have multiple temporary accommodation placements. Only one placement per reporting period has been included. This means children will be included in each year in which they have spent time in temporary accommodation only once and not counted multiple times within the same year. This also means children will be included multiple times if they are in temporary accommodation within different years.

The following table shows the total number of children who spent any time in temporary accommodation in a reporting year where the total duration in temporary accommodation throughout their homelessness application was more than one year. This is broken down by duration.

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
1 to 2 years	10	5	5	<4	10	10	5
2 to 3 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 years +	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	5	5	<4	10	10	5

For reasons noted above, this table will include duplication. For example, if a child has a total duration of more than a year, they will appear in the totals for each year they have spent any time in temporary accommodation.

Data source: Scottish Government, HL1 & HL3 Homelessness statistics - gov.scot

Additional notes:

The Scottish Government records temporary accommodation placements (HL3 data collection) and the number of children associated with households making homelessness applications (HL1 data collection). HL1 and HL3 household records have been linked to provide an estimate of the number of children in temporary accommodation placements.

Please note that it is not necessarily the case that all household members within a homelessness application will enter associated temporary accommodation placement(s). For example, alternative arrangements may be made for children, so they are never present in the temporary accommodation.

Total duration is calculated by adding together the durations of individual temporary accommodation placements associated with the same homelessness application.

It is possible for children to have multiple homelessness applications.

Disclosure control has been applied to protect the identity of individuals. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, apart from 1,2 and 3, which are shown as '<4'.

Question reference: S6W-42896

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many households in Inverclyde have been placed in temporary accommodation in each year since 2019, also broken down by how many have remained in such accommodation for more than one year, and for how long.

The following table shows the total number of households in Inverclyde that were in temporary accommodation at some point during each year from 2018-19 to 2024-25.

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Total	198	253	322	302	221	220	236

Households can have multiple temporary accommodation placements. Only one placement per reporting period has been included. This means a household will be included in each year in which they have spent time in temporary accommodation only once and not counted multiple times within the same year. This also means households will be included multiple times if they are in temporary accommodation within different years.

The following table shows the total number of households who spent any time in temporary accommodation in a reporting year where the total duration in temporary accommodation throughout their homelessness application was more than one year. This is broken down by duration.

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
1 to 2 years	10	10	30	30	20	40	30
2 to 3 years	<4	<4	5	5	5	5	0
3 years +	<4	<4	<4	<4	<4	<4	0
Total	15	15	35	35	25	45	30

For reasons noted above, this table will include duplication. For example, if a household has a total duration of more than a year, they will appear in the totals for each year they have spent any time in temporary accommodation.

Data source: Scottish Government, HL1 & HL3 Homelessness statistics - gov.scot

Additional notes:

Total duration is calculated by adding together the durations of individual temporary accommodation placements associated with the same homelessness application.

It is possible for a household to have multiple homelessness applications.

Disclosure control has been applied to protect the identity of individuals. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, apart from 1,2 and 3, which are shown as '<4'.

Question reference: S6T-02834

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the former chief executive of CalMac received a severance package exceeding £170,000, including whether this complied with the severance provisions set out in the Scottish Public Finance Manual.

Question reference: S6W-42526

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 8 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who were patients at Inverclyde Royal Hospital have been subject to delayed discharge despite being deemed clinically fit, in each of the last 12 months.

Public Health Scotland publishes Official Statistics on Delayed Discharge in NHS Scotland monthly.

https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly/delayed-discharges-in-nhs-scotland-monthly-figures-for-october-2025

The number of Inverclyde residents delayed in hospital at each monthly census point up to October 2025 can be found in the summary tables of this publication.