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: S7W-03107
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the inclusion of the location of manufacturing activity as a criterion in publicly supported bus procurement.
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Question reference: S7W-03100
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether the requirement for Alexander Dennis to demonstrate sufficient orders to sustain its manufacturing operations in Scotland remains a condition of accessing the £4.1 million furlough support package announced in September 2025.
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Question reference: S7W-03141
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many fully qualified training instructors have worked for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S7W-03151
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding its review of National Lottery Good Cause funding and how it is distributed, including any potential implications for funding in Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-03132
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board has made of public opposition to fire station closures proposed in the Service Delivery Review.
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Question reference: S7W-03104
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to increasing the weighting attached to social value in publicly supported bus procurement.
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Question reference: S7W-03070
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the contribution of independent and voluntary sector care at home providers to local economies and local employment, given that the sector consists of primarily small and medium-sized enterprises, and how this will be considered in the forthcoming reform of social care commissioning.
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Question reference: S7W-03156
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the current levels of inactivity amongst young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in employment education or training (NEETs).
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Question reference: S7W-03158
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its answer to questions S7W-01777 and S7W-01778 by Tom Arthur on 5 August 2026, when it last made an assessment of the levels of economic inactivity amongst young people aged between 16 and 24, which is an age group not captured by the Annual Participation Measure, and what the findings of that assessment were.
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Question reference: S7W-03115
- Asked by: Donald MacKinnon, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) verification cases remain outstanding, and how many of these involve applicants who (a) have already submitted all requested evidence and (b) are yet to do so, broken down by region.
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