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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-04862

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on families of its decision not to continue funding the prison visitors centres at HMP Perth and HMP/YOI Polmont, in light of the findings in the Review of Prison Visitor Centres (PVCs) and Support Services.

Question reference: S7W-04863

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings in the Review of Prison Visitor Centres (PVCs) and Support Services, what the estimated cost is of delivering the level of service that the review indicates is needed, and what modelling it has carried out.

Question reference: S7W-04858

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on its proposals for temporary modular prisons.

Question reference: S7W-04864

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the differences in family support available at prisons with a restricted support service, compared with those served by a full prison visitors centre.

Question reference: S7W-04867

Asked by: Kate Nevens, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities in providing schools and other educational establishments with the means to offer CPR training to all pupils and students.

Question reference: S7W-04810

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of fixed electricity network costs on the delivery of rapid and ultra-rapid charging in the Highlands and Islands, and what action it considers necessary to address this.

Question reference: S7W-04809

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce greater flexibility in the Rural and Island Infrastructure Fund’s delivery deadlines to support rapid and ultra-rapid charging projects requiring new grid connections.

Question reference: S7W-04844

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland and dental schools, to ensure that undergraduate dental education and continuing professional development equip general dental practitioners to meet the needs of people born with a cleft lip and/or palate, including recognising when referral to specialist cleft services is required.

Question reference: S7W-04854

Asked by: Irshad Ahmed, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct NHS Lothian, in consultation with health trade unions and the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee (STAC), to establish a formal job evaluation review process for Band 6 nurses in Critical Care, Emergency Departments and other high-acuity specialist care units, with a view to determining whether eligible posts should be regraded to Band 7.

Question reference: S7W-04816

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has (a) allocated and (b) spent on measures to address poverty, food insecurity and hunger in each of the last five financial years, broken down by (i) programme, (ii) funding stream and (iii) portfolio, and how much it has budgeted for such measures in 2026-27.