Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-40544
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what actions have been taken to address the recommendations in the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry Interim Report: The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6W-40530
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on what occasions in each of the last 10 years it has used a statutory power of direction in respect of (a) NatureScot, (b) SEPA (c) Creative Scotland and (d) the SQA, broken down by the (i) reason for exercising this power and (ii) outcome.
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Question reference: S6W-40517
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to support Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) in delivering the next steps of its franchise framework assessment, and whether it will commit to ensuring that adequate resources are provided to support this work.
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Question reference: S6W-40481
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support VisitScotland provided to the DP World Tour Nexo Championship, which was held at the Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, in August 2025, including any deliverables agreed.
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Question reference: S6W-40520
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-40518
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the decision by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to progress with its franchise framework assessment, and what engagement its ministers have had with SPT regarding this process.
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Question reference: S6W-40531
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what recent analysis it has carried out of the expenditure of its non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs); what savings have been identified; whether such reviews of NDPBs are currently ongoing and, if so, in what areas it considers saving of a substantial amount might be achieved.
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Question reference: S6W-40482
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on what date VisitScotland agreed to support the DP World Tour Nexo Championship, which was held at the Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, in August 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-40506
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action is planned to respond to the waiting times for neurodiversity assessments in the NHS Forth Valley area.
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Question reference: S6W-40522
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) the Scottish Funding Council and (b) Forth Valley College regarding a bailout to save its Alloa campus.
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