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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 28 November 2024
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Question reference: S6W-13679

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many incidents of burst water pipes were reported in the Highlands and Islands region in December 2022, and how this compares with December 2021.

Question reference: S6W-13595

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 18 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has delivered "an 'Exit Pack' for new refugees, to ensure they know how to access services to set up their new home”, as outlined in its New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy 2018-2022, and whether it will provide details of what it contains.

Question reference: S6W-13592

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 18 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to its New Scots strategy in each year since 2017-18.

Question reference: S6W-13558

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 17 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the new international office in Warsaw, announced in the Programme for Government 2021-22, will become operational.

Question reference: S6W-13323

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 17 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12846 by Angus Robertson on 13 December 2022, whether it will release the number of (a) Gaelic and (b) Scots language speakers recorded in the 2022 Census early in order to inform its proposed Scottish Languages Bill.

Question reference: S6W-13316

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) discussions it has had and (b) action it will take in response to the National Farmers Union Scotland’s reported warning that Scotland’s "deteriorating and unreliable" lifeline ferry services to and from island communities are not "fit for purpose".

Question reference: S6W-13318

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 17 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many events have been hosted by the First Minister in Bute House in each year since 2007, and what the total cost of those events was for each year.

Question reference: S6W-13557

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many renewable heating systems it estimates have been installed in homes in the Highlands and Islands region in each of the last five years, and how many such installations will be required annually in the Highlands and Islands region over the next eight years to meet the 2030 target in its Heat in Buildings Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-13554

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many properties in the Highlands and Islands region are currently yet to receive a broadband connection, and what the target connection level is in each of the next six years.

Question reference: S6W-13601

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to the Freedom of Information request, FOI/202200330247, for what reason 32,200 properties in the Highlands and Islands region are still to be connected through R100 contracts.