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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-34024

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government which national flags it has purchased in each of the last 10 years.

A breakdown of flags purchased since 2017 is shown in the table below. The Scottish Government does not hold information on flag purchases prior to 2017.

Year of Purchase	National Flag
2017	Scotland
2018	Scotland
2019	Scotland
2019	United Kingdom Iceland
2020	Scotland United Kingdom
2021	Scotland United Kingdom
2022	Scotland Ukraine
2023	Scotland Denmark Ireland France Germany Iceland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Spain Sweden Ukraine
2024	Ukraine

Question reference: S6W-34026

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the national flags that it owns have (a) gone missing and (b) been wilfully damaged in each of the last 15 years.

Question reference: S6W-34028

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures value for money regarding hospitality provision for visitors to its buildings.

As part of wider catering provision in Scottish Government buildings, a catering contract is in-place to ensure value for money for taxpayers. In-line with Scottish Government spending controls, visitor hospitality is only provided in limited circumstances.

Robust contract management arrangements are in place and this includes an annual review of tariffs and costs which are scrutinised by an independent catering specialist to ensure costs are in-line with industry standards and the Consumer Price Index.

Question reference: S6W-34629

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on deer management and culling on land that it owns.

Question reference: S6W-34620

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of wind turbines on land that it owns.

Question reference: S6W-34634

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to change its approach to deer management on land that it owns.

Question reference: S6W-34633

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what revenue it has received from deer culling activities on land that it owns in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-34628

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the deer populations on land that it owns, and how frequently this is updated.

Question reference: S6W-34630

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many deer have been culled on land that it owns in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) species and (b) location.

Question reference: S6W-34619

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated carbon emissions savings have been of wind turbines installed on land that it owns in each of the last five years.