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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-04726

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how its commitment to developing community health and care hubs and expanding community-based healthcare in rural areas will inform its engagement with NHS Grampian regarding the future of the Insch Hospital site.

Question reference: S7W-04732

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many retail properties are currently liable for the higher property rate, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S7W-04684

Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent decision by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) to remove a former social care worker from the SSSC register following their conviction for a violent and abusive offence, what further action it can take to support the care sector in strengthening recruitment and safeguarding processes.

Question reference: S7W-04721

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-03439 by Jim Fairlie on 1 October 2026 and in light of the analysis by Moriarty et al in Decoding persistent elevated mortality in farmed marine Scottish Atlantic salmon using artificial intelligence and logical modelling, published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, which includes an appendix describing the methodology and results of an alternative "fullcycle" analysis, (a) which salmon farm sites were identified as having average mortality across full production cycles of 30% or higher for two or more successive production cycles, and (b) whether it will provide the names of (i) the 12 salmon farms that were flagged by both the fullcycle analysis and the screening stage of the persistent elevated mortality (PEM) analysis, (ii) the 14 salmon farms that were flagged only by the fullcycle analysis and not by the PEM analysis, and (iii) the 12 salmon farms that were flagged only by the PEM analysis and not by the fullcycle analysis.

Question reference: S7W-04730

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many retail properties that are liable for the (a) basic and (b) intermediate property rates are eligible for the Retail, Hospitality, and Leisure relief rates, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S7W-04727

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has had with NHS Grampian regarding the alternative integrated health and social care model proposed by Friends of Insch Hospital for the future use of the Insch Hospital site.

Question reference: S7W-04718

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that women with ovarian cancer who are assessed as inoperable, or whose surgery is considered not to be possible within services in the West of Scotland, are able to access a second opinion and expertise, particularly when there are differing clinical opinions regarding whether surgery is appropriate.

Question reference: S7W-04706

Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide, for each financial year since the introduction of the Young Patients Family Fund to date, the (a) allocated budget, (b) actual outturn expenditure, (c) number of families of babies receiving neonatal care that received support from the fund and (d) total expenditure relating to families of babies receiving neonatal care.

Question reference: S7W-04708

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what requirements are placed on NHS boards regarding the training of staff acting as chaperones during clinical examinations, and whether it holds information on compliance with those requirements.

Question reference: S7W-04715

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government who is responsible for decisions regarding access to medicines for rare diseases, including Skyclarys for people living with Friedreich's ataxia, and what timescale it anticipates for eligible patients in Scotland to be able to access the treatment.