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Questions and answers

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: S6O-05201

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the chief executive of NHS Grampian to discuss healthcare in Moray.

Question reference: S6F-04462

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2025

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government will take in response to reported figures from the road safety charity, Brake, which show that over the last year road deaths and serious injuries rose by 2.8% nationally, with Moray recording the highest increase with a rise of 83%.

Question reference: S6O-05178

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to providing full details of why each of the 3,537 (or 47%) of applications to The Future Farming Investment Scheme were deemed ineligible, including whether ministers raised any concerns when presented with this figure.

Question reference: S6W-41446

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the agreement by the UK Minister for Energy, during a debate at Westminster Hall led by John Lamont MP on 21 October 2025, to meet with residents in the Scottish Borders regarding their concerns about energy infrastructure, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy will meet the Community Council Convention of the Highland Council area to listen to similar concerns that they have raised.

Question reference: S6O-05085

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it will give to the significant public opposition to the proposed Moray Firth FLOW-Park.

Question reference: S6O-05053

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers the percentage of students earning an A, B or C in Higher History fluctuated by 27.6% between 2023 and 2025.

Question reference: S6O-05002

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 September 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Chair of NHS Grampian and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6W-40070

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration local authorities and planning authorities should give to the current School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967, and what impact its stated commitment to update these regulations could have on any plans for new schools that may be built under updated regulations.

Question reference: S6W-40305

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals have completed a stay in a stabilisation centre since 2021, and of those individuals, how many subsequently accessed detoxification or residential rehabilitation. 

Question reference: S6W-40304

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its Stabilisation, detoxification and other crisis support in Scotland: Service mapping and capacity survey 2022–2023, what the annual cost is of operating stabilisation centres, broken down by (a) total programme expenditure to date, (b) annual budgeted running costs per centre and (c) average per bed or per service user costs.