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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S7W-01758
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to children and young people with cancer, and their families, to meet the cost of travelling to and from treatment; what assessment it has made of the adequacy of this support and, in light of recent commitments by the UK and Welsh governments to introduce dedicated travel funds, how such support provided in Scotland compares with the support available elsewhere in the UK.
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Question reference: S7W-01740
- Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to supporting research into issues affecting males, including depression, separation from family and substance misuse, and to developing targeted support programmes to address these issues.
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Question reference: S7W-01755
- Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make teplizumab available through NHS Scotland and, if so, what is the anticipated timescale for its introduction.
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Question reference: S7W-01760
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01053 by Ben Macpherson on 13 July 2026, when the National CLD Workforce Survey will be completed and its findings made available to view.
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Question reference: S7W-01750
- Asked by: Helen McDade, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the contrast between the three to five written complaints made annually and the safeguarding concerns identified by the Care Inspectorate and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, what specific steps it will take to improve children's confidence in the internal complaints system at St Mary's Kenmure.
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Question reference: S7W-01757
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the £3.2 million budget for the Young Patients Family Fund, as set out in the 2026-27 Scottish Budget, will be sufficient to meet anticipated demand from families of children and young people with cancer, and whether the fund will be kept under review to ensure that it meets need.
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Question reference: S7W-01756
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, following the conclusion of Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care: cancer strategy for children and young people 2021–2026, when it plans to publish its next long-term cancer strategy for children and young people and what role the third sector will have in informing and developing that strategy.
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Question reference: S7W-01736
- Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to conduct or encourage joint research into interlinked sociobehavioural issues regarding male a) alcohol and b) drug deaths.
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Question reference: S7W-01759
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01050 by Ben Macpherson on 13 July 2026, when the CLD Workforce Plan will be completed and published.
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Question reference: S7W-01762
- Asked by: Duncan Dunlop, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to revise guidance to local authorities on supporting autistic children with a Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile.
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