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-04287
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to a First Minister's Question regarding police welfare checks on 6 October 2026, whether it will provide further details of the new resource that it has committed to provide to support community-based mental health services, including information regarding budget, delivery mechanisms and geographical reach of the resource.
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Question reference: S7W-04290
- Asked by: Thomas Kerr, MSP for Glasgow, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-04031 by Neil Gray on 14 October 2026, and in light of HMP Barlinnie recently holding 1,450 prisoners and HMP Glasgow having a planned operational capacity of 1,344, (a) whether it will provide details of where the prisoners currently accommodated at HMP Barlinnie will be transferred to upon its closure, (b) what assessment it has made of the capacity available at other Scottish prisons to accommodate any shortfall and (c) whether the stated increase of 357 places refers to the net increase in design capacity across the prison estate or the number of additional prisoners that HMP Glasgow can accommodate compared with HMP Barlinnie.
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Question reference: S7W-04289
- Asked by: Pauline Stafford, MSP for Bathgate, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what statutory requirements are placed on landlords to investigate reports from tenants of potential structural defects, movement, subsidence, cracking, roof failure or other concerns affecting the structural integrity of a rented property.
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Question reference: S7W-04285
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential public health impact of infrasound generated by wind turbines.
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Question reference: S7W-04286
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding third sector organisations currently supported through the transition arrangements for the Investing in Communities Fund, what (a) engagement it has had with those organisations, (b) support it plans to provide for these lifeline projects and (c) action it will take to ensure that individuals and communities that have relied on funding from the fund for many years will not be left without support and that any resulting pressures on statutory services are mitigated.
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Question reference: S7W-04288
- Asked by: Pauline Stafford, MSP for Bathgate, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what requirements are placed on landlords to instruct an appropriately qualified structural engineer or other suitably qualified professional to assess a property where a tenant reports concerns regarding the structural stability of the building.
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Question reference: S7W-04284
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on neurodivergent women, and what arrangements are in place within NHS Lothian to support neurodivergent women experiencing menopause.
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Question reference: S7W-04277
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to consult on any recommendations arising from its review of possession grounds in the private rented sector before introducing any legislative or policy changes.
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Question reference: S7W-04267
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of leading a national vaccination programme for bluetongue virus ahead of the 2027 midge season.
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Question reference: S7W-04275
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its expenditure to date has been on any third-parties providing advice and support on its plans to issue bonds.
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