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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 5 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42384

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports on road condition in Inverclyde, whether it will increase the level of funding it provides to local authorities specifically for road maintenance.

Question reference: S6W-42397

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-05245 by Kate Forbes on 4 December 2025, whether it will confirm the (a) expected timetable for the laying before Parliament of the proposed legislation to create legal identities for Scotland's city regions, (b) powers that these new legal entities will have and (c) systems that are being considered to ensure that decisions are made by those with democratic mandates and not unelected city region officials.

Question reference: S6W-42399

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported announcement on 3 December 2025 by Micron, which is one of the largest suppliers of memory chips, that it would no longer be selling to the consumer market from February 2026, what work it is undertaking to protect consumers and small businesses dependent on affordable computer parts.

Question reference: S6W-42386

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential for expanding marine jobs in Inverclyde in (a) shipbuilding, (b) vessel repair, (c) freight and (d) maritime tourism.

Question reference: S6W-42372

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to review and assess the need for widening the scope of regulation of independent medical services, such as private baby scans.

Question reference: S6W-42393

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of payments made under the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) in 2024 was based on historic data.

Question reference: S6W-42390

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £18 million Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund has been spent to date.

Question reference: S6W-42395

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the recent report by Glasgow University’s Adam Smith Business School on behalf of the Economic and Social Research Council, A Stakeholder Model of Public Ferry Service Provision.

Question reference: S6W-42381

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce delayed discharges in Inverclyde caused by pressures in the social care sector.

Question reference: S6W-42388

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the status is of the Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund; whether it is closed, and, if so, when it will reopen for applications.