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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-04180

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Kirsten Oswald on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons anti-strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) legislation was not included in its Programme for Government.

The 2026-31 Programme for Government sets out the strategic direction and ambitions of the Scottish Government over the five years of this Parliamentary session. It outlines 11 ambitions the government will drive forward to eradicate child poverty, grow the economy, tackle climate change and improve public services.

The Scottish Government is committed to bringing forward reform to identify and prevent SLAPPS in this Parliamentary term.

Question reference: S7W-03936

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02836, by Neil Gray on 17 September 2026, whether it has received any specific request from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service for additional funding for the specialist sexual offences courts.

Question reference: S7W-03732

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Alyn Smith on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing students living in purpose-built student accommodation with protection against excessive rent increases comparable to that available to tenants of properties subject to rent controls.

Question reference: S7W-04576

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of white male school leavers who live in the most deprived quintile of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation was not in a positive follow-up destination in each of the last five years, and how this compares with male school leavers from other ethnic groups in the same deprivation quintile.

Question reference: S7W-04571

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details regarding the content of an organisational audit for stroke, including its role in identifying any staffing shortages that may prevent NHS boards from meeting the Scottish Stroke Care Standards.

Question reference: S7W-04564

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what resources and capabilities it has identified as requiring further enhancement to ensure that all NHS boards can reliably deliver stroke care in line with the Scottish Stroke Care Standards.

Question reference: S7W-04575

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what intersectional analysis it has undertaken of differences in participation in (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training among young people of different (i) ethnicities, (ii) sex and (iii) socioeconomic background.

Question reference: S7W-04574

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not adopted the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) audit process, which is used everywhere else in the UK.

Question reference: S7W-04565

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the latest stroke improvement programme report, which NHS boards have been required to conduct a formal investigation and submit a detailed action plan to improve their stroke care.

Question reference: S7W-04573

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the national stroke guideline sets the clinical standard that all stroke patients should expect as the basis of their care.