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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Question reference: S7W-04576
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of white male school leavers who live in the most deprived quintile of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation was not in a positive follow-up destination in each of the last five years, and how this compares with male school leavers from other ethnic groups in the same deprivation quintile.
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Question reference: S7W-04544
- Asked by: Amanda Lindsay, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-03632 by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2026, before the decision was taken to award the contract outwith the UK for the manufacture of the Welcome to School backpacks, (a) which companies in (i) Scotland and (ii) the rest of the UK were invited to tender for the contract, (b) what the difference in cost was between the quotes submitted by UK-based companies and those submitted by companies outwith the UK, including the company that was ultimately awarded the contract, and (c) which company in China will manufacture, rather than assemble, the backpacks.
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Question reference: S7W-04571
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details regarding the content of an organisational audit for stroke, including its role in identifying any staffing shortages that may prevent NHS boards from meeting the Scottish Stroke Care Standards.
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Question reference: S7W-04564
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what resources and capabilities it has identified as requiring further enhancement to ensure that all NHS boards can reliably deliver stroke care in line with the Scottish Stroke Care Standards.
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Question reference: S7W-04575
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what intersectional analysis it has undertaken of differences in participation in (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training among young people of different (i) ethnicities, (ii) sex and (iii) socioeconomic background.
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Question reference: S7W-04580
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the growth in alcohol sales through rapid-delivery platforms since 2015, and whether it considers that the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 remains fit for purpose in regulating such services.
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Question reference: S7W-04598
- Asked by: Laura Moodie, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is (a) currently available and (b) planned to support the decarbonisation of domestic and non-domestic buildings in South Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S7W-04559
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to end corridor care, including the timetable for so doing.
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Question reference: S7W-04601
- Asked by: Laura Moodie, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cumulative economic impact of road closures and disruption on the A77, including on businesses, freight operators and communities in South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S7W-04556
- Asked by: Amanda Bland, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided in each of the last five financial years for (a) assessing, (b) monitoring, (c) researching, (d) preventing and (e) treating diseases and parasitic infestations within the salmon farming industry, including sea lice, broken down by recipient, purpose of expenditure and the public body providing the funding.
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