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-41828
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to help businesses unable to fill vacancies in the South of Scotland region.
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Question reference: S6W-41825
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted into labour shortages in Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders, and what steps it is taking to reverse depopulation trends in rural South of Scotland communities.
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Question reference: S6W-41809
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) individuals, (b) domestic organisations and (c) overseas organisations have booked an appointment with an immigration lawyer through the Scotland’s Migration Service website in each month since it was launched.
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Question reference: S6W-41817
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide information on the number of prisoners who have (a) entered custody with a drug problem and (b) developed a drug problem while in custody, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-41824
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the introduction of an age-related automatic system of regular screening for prostate cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-41819
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of prisoners currently receive treatment or support for drug misuse, and how this compares with five years ago.
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Question reference: S6W-41820
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of drug misuse or possession have been recorded within Scottish prisons in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-41807
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it allocated to support Scotland’s Migration Service in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
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Question reference: S6W-41810
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what future commercial opportunities Scottish Water plans, and whether these include selling water for use in England.
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Question reference: S6W-41802
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many online clicks its paper, A Fresh Start with Independence, received in its first month following publication, broken down by (a) main paper, (b) easy read version, (c) each individual language version and (d) audio version.
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