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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-04618

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much Barnett consequential funding it will receive following the UK Government's Budget announcement to give households in council tax bands A to D £100 towards their energy bill.

Question reference: S7W-04619

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much it will cost it to give every house in council tax bands A to D £100 towards their energy bill.

Question reference: S7W-04617

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many houses are currently in each council tax band.

Question reference: S7W-04272

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its pilot to electronically monitor people on bail using GPS, when the pilot will commence and what the timetable is for its evaluation and any subsequent national roll-out.

The GPS monitored bail pilot is a judicially led initiative under the leadership of Sheriff Principal Wade, with the Scottish Government working closely with the Judiciary and justice partners to support its delivery. Scottish Ministers have laid enabling regulations which are currently progressing through Parliament, and Sheriff Principal Wade held the inaugural meeting of the GPS Bail Programme Board on 19 October 2026. The Board will be supported by a Local Implementation Group on the ground.

The Scottish Parliament must be given its place in approving the legislative change, and subject to Parliamentary approval of the Regulations and confirmation from the judiciary and wider justice partners that arrangements are safe and robust, we anticipate the first GPS monitored bail cases commencing in 2027. Public safety remains paramount, especially in light of emerging experiences of GPS in England and Wales, and I have been clear that we must not sacrifice safety for pace of rollout. Further details, including operational arrangements, evaluation plans and any consideration of wider rollout, are being developed with partners.

Question reference: S7W-04273

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether, as part of its pilot to electronically monitor people on bail using GPS, real-time alerts will be sent to people at risk when an exclusion zone is breached, and whether any such alerts will be included in any subsequent nationwide rollout of the scheme.

The position currently is that exclusion zone alerts which are monitored using radio frequency, have immediate notification to the exclusion zone address phone line through the monitoring box, in parallel with notification to Police Scotland. That is an advantage of the current form of monitoring.

The detailed arrangements for responding to apparent breaches of exclusion zones through GPS, including the information provided to protected people at risk of harm, are being developed by justice partners under the leadership of the Judiciary and supported by my officials.

Any consideration of direct alerts, either during the pilot or as part of any wider implementation, would need to take account of their operational feasibility and the safety and support needs of protected people.

Question reference: S7W-04559

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to end corridor care, including the timetable for so doing.

Question reference: S7W-04562

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on patients who are 'boarded out’ by a hospital or NHS board.

Question reference: S7W-04561

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will record and regularly publish data on corridor care.

Question reference: S7W-04560

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will work with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to agree a definition of corridor care.

Question reference: S7W-04563

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with representatives of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to discuss winter preparedness.