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.
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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.
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.
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to its New Scots strategy in each year since 2017-18.
To ask the Scottish Government when the new international office in Warsaw, announced in the Programme for Government 2021-22, will become operational.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.