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-00798
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a policy in place to ensure that every public building has an accessible defibrillator for use in an emergency.
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Question reference: S7W-00779
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when the Orkney Internal Ferry Replacement Task Force (a) last met and (b) will next meet.
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Question reference: S7W-00764
- Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether young people placed in kinship care under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are eligible for the Care Leaver Payment and, if not, for what reason.
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Question reference: S7W-00805
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage private investment in geothermal energy infrastructure.
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Question reference: S7W-00791
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage private investment in geothermal energy infrastructure.
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Question reference: S7W-00793
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-00644 by Stephen Gethins on 3 June 2026, which did not address the question posed, and in light of remarks by Alan Brown MSP in the debate, It’s Scotland’s energy, on 28 May 2026, in which he said, "Zonal pricing was an option that could bring down bills, but that was immediately ruled out by Westminster", whether it supports the introduction of zonal pricing in the electricity market, and what specific evidence it has relied upon in forming its position.
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Question reference: S7W-00777
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in each of the last five financial years with the group, Total Politics, and for what purpose.
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Question reference: S7W-00799
- Asked by: Jamie Langan, MSP for South Scotland, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of the reported ongoing crisis affecting pork farmers in Scotland and, if so, what immediate measures it plans to introduce to assist them.
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Question reference: S7W-00783
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many houses have been built as a result of funding from the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) since April 2026, broken down by (i) local authority area and (ii) the total funding awarded to each local authority.
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Question reference: S7W-00819
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when a national lung screening programme will be fully rolled out across Scotland.
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