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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: S7W-02755

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what Modern Apprenticeship contribution rate will apply to the reintroduced Social Services (Children and Young People) qualification at SCQF Level 6, and how it will ensure that the rate reflects the cost of high-quality training, assessment and quality assurance.

Question reference: S7W-02789

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the establishment of a pilot network of static-gear reserves in the Firth of Clyde Nephrops Functional Unit, including agreed environmental, fisheries, employment and community objectives, and independent monitoring.

Question reference: S7W-02785

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to consult on the establishment of a strategically designed network of static-gear reserves covering at least 30% of Scotland's inshore waters by 2030.

Question reference: S7W-02764

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the closure of the Emergency Heating Oil scheme on 30 September 2026, what support it will make available to households that currently rely on heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to retrofit their homes and transition to low-carbon and renewable heating systems.

Question reference: S7W-02795

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the remedial action plan that it is seeking to agree with Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) will include the implementation timetable required by recommendation 3 in ESS' report, Protecting Scotland's seafloor: an assessment of Scottish Ministers' implementation of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010.

Question reference: S7W-02787

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding areas where the use of static fishing gear is permitted, what controls it considers are necessary to mitigate (a) excessive creel density, (b) cetacean and basking-shark entanglement, (c) gear conflict, (d) ghost fishing and (e) marine litter.

Question reference: S7W-02754

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware that no Local Government Pension Scheme administering authority reportedly publishes data on the proportion of its fund invested in Scotland and, if so, what estimate it has of current such pension scheme investment nationally, and what evidence informed its decision to include this as an indicator in the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Act 2026.

Question reference: S7W-02791

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, what assessment it has made of (a) whether establishing additional areas that are protected from bottom-towed fishing would displace trawling to other areas, (b) any impact that such a displacement could have on the environmental status of the seabed, and whether it will model and publish the net effect of any such displacement when appraising future spatial measures.

Question reference: S7W-02744

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to empower communities to engage in basic flood protection and flood preparedness activities.

Question reference: S7W-02773

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the outcomes of the initial pilot phase of the HPV self-sampling kit programme, and what the next stages are for the national expansion of HPV self-sampling.