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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39178

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to a full review of the current funding and commissioning model for secure care.

Question reference: S6W-39179

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that any community-based hubs, as proposed in the report, Reimagining Secure Care Final Report: A Vision for the Reimagined/Future World, are sustainably funded and equitably delivered across Scotland, particularly in rural and remote communities.

Question reference: S6W-39177

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the concerns raised in the report, Reimagining Secure Care Final Report: A Vision for the Reimagined/Future World, regarding inadequate mental health provision for children in secure care, and how it plans to ensure access to consistent, trauma-responsive services.

Question reference: S6W-39176

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to improve workforce qualifications and training for those who work in secure care, in light of reports that staff are often employed without the necessary specialist skills to support highly vulnerable children.

Question reference: S6W-38587

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted of how any restrictions on the availability of cross-local authority funded childcare can impact on families, particularly those in full-time employment.

Question reference: S6W-38586

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities to facilitate access to 1,140 hours of funded childcare in situations where childcare is required in a different local authority area from a family's main residence.

Question reference: S6W-38302

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 13 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers would be best practice in a situation where, following a contact order, a child refuses contact with the non-resident parent.

Question reference: S6W-38303

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 13 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether sheriffs, judges and legal practitioners working in the civil system have undergone specialist training on domestic abuse, coercive control and the potential impact on children’s lives. 

Question reference: S6W-38304

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 13 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there is a general presumption in favour of contact being in a child’s best interests when there has been domestic abuse/coercive control. 

Question reference: S6W-38305

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 13 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how a child’s best interest is assessed when considering contact and the type of contact in domestic abuse and coercive control cases.