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-42023
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many school days have been lost due to industrial action in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-42022
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what new funding will be given to the Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023–2033.
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Question reference: S6W-42025
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to update the Building Standards technical handbooks to phase-out the installation of low-level letterbox doors in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-42010
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many adult social care packages have been (a) initiated and (b) cancelled within each (i) NHS board and (ii) local authority area in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-42034
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many completed peatland restoration projects funded by the Peatland Action Fund have subsequently been damaged by deer populations, and what steps have been taken by NatureScot to prevent such damage from re-occurring.
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Question reference: S6W-42004
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS 24 111 telephone calls resulted in patients being referred to (a) A&E, (b) a GP and (c) other urgent care pathways in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-41995
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on the number of callers who report being unable to access care after multiple attempts to contact NHS 24 or other health services.
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Question reference: S6W-42032
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how the Deer Code was used to inform action under section 8 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 at Loch Choire Estate in Sutherland.
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Question reference: S6W-42058
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when discussions were held with the (a) British Medical Association, (b) Royal College of General Practitioners and (c) Royal College of Nursing regarding the plans for the network of walk-in GP clinics.
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Question reference: S6W-42044
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servant hours in total it has taken to date to (a) process and (b) make determinations on applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.
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