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-41495
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Pension Age Disability Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-41493
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Adult Disability Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-41479
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether contracts for existing or planned incineration sites include minimum waste throughput guarantees, and what assessment it has made of any impact of such provisions on recycling and waste reduction targets.
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Question reference: S6W-41512
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government who will provide any services that will no longer be provided by community safety advocates as a result of any reduction to their numbers, including preventative work in schools and home fire safety visits for vulnerable people.
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Question reference: S6W-41476
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out long-term emissions projections for incineration sites, and if so, whether it will publish these.
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Question reference: S6W-41497
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Young Carer Grant have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-41504
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33126 by Neil Gray on 17 January 2025, whether it will meet its target to achieve population-based coverage of access to rapid cancer diagnostic services by 2026.
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Question reference: S6W-41480
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any additional in-year funding that it is currently providing to each NHS board in the Highlands and Islands region to reduce waiting lists.
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Question reference: S6W-41516
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason third sector organisations have reportedly not been involved in the operation of the Scottish Government Online Safety Taskforce, which was announced in January 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-41499
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions recipients of the Child Winter Heating Payment have been required to pay back (a) all or (b) some of the money that they have received from Social Security Scotland, broken down by (i) year and (ii) local authority area.
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