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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-42251

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding (a) it has and (b) any Scottish public agencies have provided to the Offshore Solutions Group, which is developing the Moray FLOW-Park, in each year since the company was founded in 2020.

Question reference: S6W-42252

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what communication its ministers have had with Crown Estate Scotland regarding the provision of financial support for the Offshore Solutions Group in relation to its proposal to develop the Moray FLOW-Park; whether Crown Estate Scotland advised its ministers of any intention to provide financial support, and whether it will publish any correspondence with Crown Estate Scotland on these matters.

Question reference: S6W-42446

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the current level of uptake of the winter influenza vaccine is in each NHS board area, and how this year compares with the same period in 2024.

Question reference: S6W-42249

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 12 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the total costs of any work that it has undertaken in relation to the matters detailed in the Scottish Information Commissioner Decision 279/2025 (Written evidence to James Hamilton’s investigation into the First Minister under the Ministerial Code), including the cost of (a) any (i) internal and (ii) external legal advice, (b) its officials' time and (c) any other spending related to these matters, and what its estimate is of the potential cost of appealing the decision to the Court of Session, should it decide to do so.

Question reference: S6W-42206

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask NHS Highland to commit to provide to the public all data regarding the levels of uptake of influenza vaccination and to do so immediately upon that data becoming available.

Question reference: S6W-42205

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government who prepares the influenza vaccination uptake statistics for NHS Highland, and whether it will publish all correspondence with the authors thereof.

Question reference: S6W-42204

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the most recent statistics on the level of uptake of the influenza vaccination, when NHS Highland received them; whether there has been a delay in making them public, and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S6W-42203

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the level of uptake of the influenza vaccination has been in the NHS Highland area in (a) the current year to date, and (b) each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-42250

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it would be appropriate for it to appeal the Scottish Information Commissioner Decision 279/2025 (Written evidence to James Hamilton’s investigation into the First Minister under the Ministerial Code) in order to postpone the disclosure of the information that it wrongly withheld until after the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026, and whether it plans to seek guidance from the Permanent Secretary on these matters.

Question reference: S6W-42266

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41921 by Jim Fairlie on 1 December 2025, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding whether the pilot gull management for the city of Inverness has now been finalised, including whether it will be in place and ready to be implemented prior to the commencement of seagull breeding season in 2026, and for what reason it did not provide this detail in its response.