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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-04848

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, further to the answer to question S7W-03821 by Neil Gray on 15 October 2026, for what reason it has no plans to establish an independent inspectorate to provide routine independent scrutiny of the courts and tribunals system.

Question reference: S7W-04819

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 (i) welfare rights, (ii) debt advice, (iii) income maximisation and (iv) money advice services, broken down by (A) programme and (B) recipient organisation, and how many people have been supported through these services, in each of the last five financial years.

Question reference: S7W-04840

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government which medicine supply issues have been reported or escalated to it in each year since 2020.

Question reference: S7W-04846

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 how it monitors access to speech and language therapy for children born with a cleft palate, including waiting times for treatment in each NHS board area, and what action it is taking to address any geographical variation in provision.

Question reference: S7W-04828

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 what measures it will use to evaluate the impact of the Welcome to School Bag scheme on child poverty and the financial pressures experienced by families at the start of the school year.

Question reference: S7W-04849

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Shelter Scotland, Building Hope: A route map to ending the use of unsafe and harmful temporary accommodation for children, how it will ensure that local authorities are adequately resourced to fulfil their statutory duties to people experiencing homelessness.

Question reference: S7W-04841

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 many applications to the Scottish Welfare Fund were (a) made, (b) approved and (c) refused for (i) crisis grants and (ii) community care grants in each of the last five financial years, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S7W-04827

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, prior to the introduction of the Welcome to School Bag scheme, whether it consulted families experiencing poverty, including families who use community-based school uniform banks and school equipment exchange schemes, regarding their preferred form of support when children start Primary 1.

Question reference: S7W-04835

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS apprenticeships have been delivered in each year since 2021, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S7W-04824

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 whether it considered providing eligible families with a cash payment or voucher, rather than a physical school bag and contents through the Welcome to School Bags scheme, and, if so, what assessment it made of the relative benefits of each approach.