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-03100
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether the requirement for Alexander Dennis to demonstrate sufficient orders to sustain its manufacturing operations in Scotland remains a condition of accessing the £4.1 million furlough support package announced in September 2025.
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Question reference: S7W-03095
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on prohibiting registered sex offenders from changing their name without police permission, similar to the provision contained in the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-03104
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to increasing the weighting attached to social value in publicly supported bus procurement.
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Question reference: S7W-03105
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the inclusion of domestic supply-chain value as a criterion in publicly supported bus procurement.
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Question reference: S7W-03112
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what factors relating to (a) national security, (b) data security and (c) supply chain resilience are considered when public funding is awarded to schemes involving the purchase of buses manufactured in China, and what (i) guidance, (ii) risk assessment framework and (iii) due diligence requirements apply in such cases.
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Question reference: S7W-03153
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, what specific clinical standards and targets for stroke care NHS boards are required to meet, for what reason performance is reported primarily against the Scottish average rather than against nationally agreed clinical standards, and what action it is taking when a board consistently falls below those standards and targets.
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Question reference: S7W-03049
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02737 by Simita Kumar on 7 September 2026, how many patients have been treated at the Gaza HOPES Field Readiness Hub to date.
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Question reference: S7W-03045
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02737 by Simita Kumar on 7 September 2026, how many people are employed at the Gaza HOPES Field Readiness Hub.
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Question reference: S7W-03048
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many children from Gaza have been transported to Scotland for NHS treatment in the last four years.
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Question reference: S7W-03043
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been paid to the Scottish Youth Parliament in each of the last three financial years.
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