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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39383

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the provision of a centralised vaccination service, such as that in NHS Highland, is safe, in light of reports that NHS Highland is not able to share data with GPs on the vaccinations being provided.

Question reference: S6W-39386

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in the event of any deaths as a result of any failures in relation to vaccinations, what its position is on whether it would have any legal liability regarding the families affected.

Question reference: S6W-39389

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an estimate of any potential savings that could result from NHS Highland restoring the vaccination services to GPs that were previously administered by them prior to 2023, and, if so, what any such estimate is.

Question reference: S6W-39380

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when GP vaccination services will be fully restored to GPs in NHS Highland; whether it anticipates that this will happen by the end of 2025, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S6W-39381

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent statistics are on the level of immunisation in the relevant population for (a) measles, (b) whooping cough, (c) mumps, (d) polio, (e) meningitis and (f) rubella, broken down by NHS board area; what its position is on whether these levels of immunisation are acceptable, and, if it does not consider any levels to be acceptable, what action it is taking to address this.

Question reference: S6W-39382

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any fatal accident inquiries being undertaken in relation to any infant deaths due to whooping cough, and, if so, whether it will (a) publish details of these and (b) propose a ministerial statement on the matter.

Question reference: S6W-39390

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on its vaccination policies in Scotland, whether it has received any information from the UK Government regarding measles deaths in England, and, if so, what information, and whether it will make it publicly available.

Question reference: S6W-39388

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose a ministerial statement for after the summer recess 2025 on vaccination policy and any need for action to prevent deaths in relation to this matter.

Question reference: S6W-39385

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland was aware that its system could not share data on vaccinations with GPs prior to the board taking over responsibility for vaccinations from GPs.

Question reference: S6W-39384

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland informed it that it could not share data on vaccinations with it prior to the board taking over responsibility for vaccinations from GPs, and whether it will publish any documentation on this matter.