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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

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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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 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 27 August 2026
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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-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.

Question reference: S7W-02403

  • 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 arrangements will be in place from January 2027 to oversee and drive improvements in cancer care for children and young people, should a successor to Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care: Cancer Strategy for Children and Young People 2021-2026 not be in place when that strategy concludes.

Question reference: S7W-02400

  • 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 progress has been made in delivering the genomic laboratory transformation programme.

Question reference: S7W-02407

  • 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 information it holds on (a) the time taken from first presentation with symptoms to diagnosis and (b) the routes to diagnosis, including emergency presentation, for cancer patients aged under 25.

Question reference: S7W-02399

  • 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 will provide an update on the roll-out of the Intelligent Liver Function Test, first developed and introduced in NHS Tayside, to GPs and liver specialists across Scotland, and on what date it became, or is expected to become, available in each health board area.