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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-02391

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Scotland has spent on the recruitment and employment of internationally recruited staff in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S7W-02404

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many times officials have met with the Managed Clinical Network for Children and Young People with Cancer in 2026 to date, and what progress has been made towards developing a successor to Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care: Cancer Strategy for Children and Young People 2021-2026.

Question reference: S7W-02402

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01756 by Angela Constance on 3 August 2026, which stakeholders it intends to engage with to inform future approaches to cancer care for children and young people, and when such engagement is expected to commence.

Question reference: S7W-02409

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the application process for the Young Patients Family Fund acts as a barrier that prevents those who are eligible from claiming from it.

Question reference: S7W-02394

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time for an ophthalmology appointment was in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S7W-02392

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to extend kinship care support payments to eligible young people up to the age of 21.

Question reference: S7W-02389

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish-domiciled medical graduates did not enter employment in NHS Scotland in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S7W-02393

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to extend access to Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Centres to patients aged under 18.

Question reference: S7W-02390

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to establish a national NHS Scotland staff bank.

Question reference: S7W-02405

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) role the Managed Clinical Network for Children and Young People with Cancer will have in deciding what follows the current cancer strategy for children and young people, and (b) resourcing it provides to the Network to fulfil that role.