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-40301
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that Scotland's rent adjudication system has resulted in rents raised above that which was requested by landlords, what its position is on whether the system is working as intended, and whether there are any plans to revisit this policy.
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Question reference: S6W-40023
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what equality impact assessments were carried out in advance of the reported comments by the Permanent Secretary regarding an ambition for civil servants to work in the office for at least 60% of their contracted hours.
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Question reference: S6W-40292
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported projected loss of over 900 police officers to retirement by summer 2026.
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Question reference: S6W-40024
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it had with civil service unions in advance of the reported comments by the Permanent Secretary regarding an ambition for civil servants to work in the office for at least 60% of their contracted hours.
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Question reference: S6W-40293
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many police recruits are in training, and how many are expected to join the service in the next 12 months.
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Question reference: S6W-40228
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what conditions are attached to any grant funding for equalities organisations to help ensure their (a) political neutrality, (b) value for money and (c) measurable outcomes.
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Question reference: S6W-40223
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion in its Scottish Budget 2026-27 recommendations paper that no retailer in Scotland should be liable for a higher business rate than counterparts in England.
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Question reference: S6W-40264
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it completed its information-gathering exercise to verify the cladding status of buildings between 11 and 18 metres in height by the end of August 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-40215
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many newly qualified paramedics have joined the Scottish Ambulance Service in the North Region since 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-40256
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of offenders likely to be released early in the next 12 months under further emergency measures, and how victims will be notified.
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