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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 11 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-44153

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when the next planning performance statistics will be published.

Question reference: S6W-44138

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how the £45 million allocated to the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB) will be distributed across (a) operators and (b) regions.

Question reference: S6W-44136

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers by Jim Fairlie to question S6W-26881 on 5 June 2024 and question S6W-35356 on 11 March 2025 in relation to financing natural capital, whether it will provide information on (a) how much private finance was arranged under the support of the Natural Investment Partnership and spent on (i) tree planting and (ii) peatland restoration between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026, (b) who the private finance providers involved were, (c) how much was invested and (d) which projects received investment. 

Question reference: S6W-44156

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray funding on (a) air quality, (b) water quality, (c) soil quality, (d) public transport and (e) active travel.

Question reference: S6W-44177

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To as the Scottish Government for what reason the rate of successful applications for Adult Disability Payment is reportedly at an all-time low, and now lower than the equivalent payment in England and Wales.

Question reference: S6W-44166

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how electricity transmission network charges in Scotland are expected to change over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years

Question reference: S6W-44167

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how the total cost of the Contracts for Difference scheme is expected to change over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years. 

Question reference: S6W-44175

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering a faster roll-out of the Housing First approach, in response to the latest statistics on the number of deaths of homeless people in Scotland, which show that 231 people died in 2024, representing an increase of 40% since the data was first collected in 2017.

Question reference: S6W-44162

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any analysis of the number of Scottish-domiciled students who have enrolled in undergraduate courses in (a) other UK nations or (b) overseas because their course of choice was not available in Scottish universities, in each year since 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-44173

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding will be available to local authorities that are still undertaking the roll out of 20mph zones to move forward, in light of the targeted £4 million funding not continuing beyond the fiscal year 2024-25.