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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-36479

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on whether there is a link between 16- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed due to long-term sickness and their levels of mental ill health.

Question reference: S6W-36480

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to promoting disciplined and purpose-driven career routes to young people who are at risk of long-term benefit dependency, and whether it considers military service to be such a career route.

Question reference: S6W-36474

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all internal modelling and scenario planning that it has carried out on the financial viability of full fiscal autonomy, particularly in light of the reported £22 billion gap between Scotland's tax revenues and public spending.

Question reference: S6W-36533

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the (a) North Sea Transition Authority and (b) UK Government regarding the future of oil and gas extraction in Scottish waters.

Question reference: S6W-36476

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether having access to skilled training pathways should form part of its wider welfare-to-work strategy for under-25s, and whether it considers military service to be such a training pathway.

Question reference: S6W-36536

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what contingency planning or business support measures it is considering to mitigate any economic impact on businesses in Scotland of any new US trade barriers.

Question reference: S6W-36535

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any forecasts or economic modelling regarding the projected impact of the proposed US tariffs on jobs and business turnover in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-36473

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 1 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the long-term fiscal implications of full fiscal autonomy, including any projected reduction in Barnett consequential funding.

Question reference: S6W-35980

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 3 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it had with businesses, including in the renewable heating sector, before making the decision to not proceed with the proposed Heat in Buildings Bill.

As I have set out in my statement to Parliament earlier today, we intend to introduce a Heat in Buildings Bill in Year 5 of this Parliamentary session. In this statement I set out government’s rationale for the format of the Bill. We will continue to engage with stakeholders from all sectors as we do so, building on the discussions that began with our consultation and have been continuing since then.

Question reference: S6W-35660

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 3 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the funding that it provides to the Scottish Youth Parliament to support its mission to provide a national platform for young people to discuss the issues that are important to them, whether it considers MYSPs to be representative of Scotland's young people, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP), along with other children's and youth organisations, supports the Scottish Government, local authorities and other public bodies to fulfil their legal obligations to promote and protect the human rights of children and young people. The SYP is the democratic voice of Scotland’s young people. Their vision for Scotland is of a nation that actively listens to and values the meaningful participation of its young people. Their goal is to make this vision a reality, in order to ensure young people in Scotland grow up loved, safe and respected, and able to realise their full potential.

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) champions and promotes diversity and inclusion within their organisation to ensure it has broad representation that reflects the demographics of young people living in Scotland. The current membership includes, MSYPs from a wide variety of backgrounds including minority ethnic backgrounds, with experience of care, from rural and low Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) areas, who are young carers, who are neurodiverse, and from LGBTQIA+ backgrounds.

SYP also aims to ensure the voices of young people whose rights are most at risk are at the centre of their programme. It has a particular focus on women’s empowerment and anti-racism.

These lived experiences help to inform an intersectional representation of young people in Scotland. After each SYP election the organisation publishes a summary of the diversity data. The 2024 data can be found in this document: https://syp.org.uk/members/our-diversity/