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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 7 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42046

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether any applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme have been (a) processed, (b) deemed ineligible, (c) not approved and (d) approved based solely, or mainly, on scrutiny undertaken by automation or by a computer.

Question reference: S6W-42029

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the weighting for each category, and the priority used, to determine applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-42040

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all ineligible applications received for the Future Farming Investment Scheme to date, broken down by the (a) reason for ineligibility and (b) local area office, and stating how many such applications there were in each category, and what percentage of the total number of applications received this represents.

Question reference: S6W-42036

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the reasons for any applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme not being approved.

Question reference: S6W-42047

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by size of business of the number of (a) ineligible, (b) eligible and successful and (c) eligible and unsuccessful applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-42039

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all the applications that have been received for the Future Farming Investment Scheme to date, broken down by those that were (a) ineligible, (b) eligible and successful and (c) eligible and unsuccessful.

Question reference: S6O-05248

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Transport last met with local communities over the future of the Corran Narrows crossing.

Question reference: S6O-05156

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has undertaken of the potential impact of proposed workers' camps in and around communities across the Highlands and Islands.

Question reference: S6O-05130

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential economic implications of its paper A Fresh Start with Independence.

Question reference: S6T-02727

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how decisions on the award of offers of grants for the Future Farming Investment Scheme were made.