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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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Question reference: S6W-28195

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27323 by Neil Gray on 17 May 2024, how it plans to evaluate the role that the Golden Hello payment scheme plays in supporting GP retention.

Question reference: S6W-28340

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to implement an SME home builder impact assessment across the policy areas that support all-tenure housing delivery.

Question reference: S6W-28350

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the report for the 2021 missed emissions target under section 36 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 in the first week of September 2024, following its commitment to the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland that this report would be laid in the Scottish Parliament before summer recess and subsequently saying that it cannot publish the report during the pre-election period, and in light of reports that this report has already been substantially delayed and is critical to understanding how the Scottish Government plans to learn from its failures in order to reach its net zero targets.

Question reference: S6W-28357

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the role is of (a) college senior management teams, (b) college boards, (c) regional boards, (d) the Scottish Funding Council, (e) the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills and (f) the Minister for Higher and Further Education in signing off the pay and conditions package of college principals.

Question reference: S6W-28349

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28046 by Neil Gray on 14 June 2024, whether it will provide a breakdown of the £190 million Primary Care Improvement Fund spend in 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-27607

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has considered holding a citizens' assembly on Scotland's route to independence.

Question reference: S6W-28341

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to classify housing as a separate National Outcome.

Question reference: S6W-28358

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government which body is responsible for signing off pay awards for college principals.

Question reference: S6W-28337

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to enhance the viability of sites available to SMEs for housebuilding, in order to help reduce costs and increase the certainty required to deliver more homes.

Question reference: S6W-28339

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 July 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce new funding streams and partnerships to support SMEs to build more homes.