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-04837
- 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 temporary accommodation beds provided by the third sector have been unutilised due to the need for repairs in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S7W-04813
- 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 provide an update on progress to deliver a shared use active travel path between Dulnain Bridge and Grantown.
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Question reference: S7W-04804
- 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 criteria are used to assess demand for an apprenticeship in an occupation that might lawfully be carried out only by registered persons and, in light of this, when demand for farriery was last assessed.
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Question reference: S7W-04817
- 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 funding it has provided to local authorities and third sector organisations to support people experiencing food insecurity and financial hardship in each of the last five financial years, broken down by (a) local authority, (b) funding programme and (c) recipient organisation.
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Question reference: S7W-04829
- 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 circular economy assessment it undertook before deciding to provide every Primary 1 pupil with a new school bag through the Welcome to School Bag scheme, including any consideration given to existing school bag reuse and exchange schemes.
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Question reference: S7W-04850
- 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, whether it plans to set expectations on social landlords to increase the number of social lets made to households experiencing homelessness in order to maximise their contribution to addressing the housing emergency.
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Question reference: S7W-04843
- 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 assesses the long-term workforce requirements of cleft services, including specialist surgery, nursing, speech and language therapy and clinical psychology, and what steps it is taking to ensure adequate staffing levels and succession planning.
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Question reference: S7W-04833
- 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 children with mental health issues have been admitted to palliative care wards in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S7W-04842
- 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 how many outstanding Agenda for Change (a) job evaluation, (b) job matching, (c) banding review and (d) re-grading cases there are across each NHS board, also broken down by the oldest unresolved case.
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Question reference: S7W-04815
- 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 assessment it has made of the findings in Trussell Scotland's latest report, Hunger in the UK 2026, including that more than half a million people in Scotland are at risk of needing to use a food bank over the coming year and that one million people are experiencing food insecurity, and what specific actions it will take in response.
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