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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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 21 August 2026
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Question reference: S7W-02204

  • Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the role of community radio stations in communicating public information to rural and island communities.

Question reference: S7W-02192

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment eligibility rules for people who reach State Pension age after the qualifying week in September but before the end of the winter period, and what assessment it has made of the impact of the current arrangements on such people.

Question reference: S7W-02200

  • Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether its future advertising contracts will include specific provisions encouraging media buying agencies to consider community radio stations where they are assessed as offering effective access to target audiences.

Question reference: S7W-02193

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many people will not be eligible for the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in winter 2026-27 because they will reach State Pension age after the qualifying week in September 2026.

Question reference: S7W-02205

  • Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether social value considerations form part of the criteria applied in its media buying framework agreements for the placement of public information advertising.

Question reference: S7W-02201

  • Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to media buying agencies regarding the inclusion of community radio stations when commissioning public information advertising campaigns.

Question reference: S7W-02202

  • Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of its advertising expenditure has been allocated to community radio stations in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S7W-02194

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available over winter to people who are not eligible for the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment as a result of reaching State Pension age after the qualifying week in September.

Question reference: S7W-02195

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on recent First Tier (Property Chamber) rulings in England in which buildings affected by combustible façade material deemed “tolerable” following assessments using PAS 9980 were subsequently found to be unsafe and require remediation, and what implications it considers these rulings might have for Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-02188

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the findings of the Scottish Land Commission report, Tax and the Reuse of Scotland's Long-Term Derelict Land, how many of the 466 long-term derelict urban sites identified in the report have received support through the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme; how much funding has been allocated to those sites, and how many have subsequently been brought back into productive use.