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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-04891

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 20 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Department for Education regarding the proposed transfer of administrative functions of the Student Loans Company to Capgemini plc, and what steps it is taking to ensure that any such transfer causes minimal disruption to students and staff in Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-04851

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Shelter Scotland's recent report, Building Hope: A route map to ending the use of unsafe and harmful temporary accommodation for children, and following its commitment in its 2023 strategy, Reducing the use of temporary accommodation: actions we are taking to achieve this, what support it is providing to local authorities to introduce common housing registers.

Question reference: S7W-04849

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Shelter Scotland, Building Hope: A route map to ending the use of unsafe and harmful temporary accommodation for children, how it will ensure that local authorities are adequately resourced to fulfil their statutory duties to people experiencing homelessness.

Question reference: S7W-04850

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Shelter Scotland, Building Hope: A route map to ending the use of unsafe and harmful temporary accommodation for children, whether it plans to set expectations on social landlords to increase the number of social lets made to households experiencing homelessness in order to maximise their contribution to addressing the housing emergency.

Question reference: S7W-04842

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many outstanding Agenda for Change (a) job evaluation, (b) job matching, (c) banding review and (d) re-grading cases there are across each NHS board, also broken down by the oldest unresolved case.

Question reference: S7W-04852

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Shelter Scotland's recent report, Building Hope: A route map to ending the use of unsafe and harmful temporary accommodation for children, whether it plans to publish a multi-year funding plan for Rapid Rehousing Transition Plans that will continue until homelessness services are no longer considered to be in systemic failure in any local authority area.

Question reference: S7O-00473

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2026
Current Status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Shelter Scotland's recommendations in its Building Hope route map and the calls from Crisis for investment in measures to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation, how much funding it has allocated to homelessness prevention pilots and other homelessness prevention activity.

Question reference: S7W-03525

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what guidelines are in place to ensure that patients with post-mesh removal conditions receive equitable aftercare across all NHS boards.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that women who have undergone mesh removal have equitable access to appropriate, high-quality ongoing care, regardless of where they live in Scotland.

We recognise that mesh removal may not be the end of a woman's treatment. Some women may subsequently require further assessment and treatment for persistent or recurrent conditions, including stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and some may require further reconstructive surgery or other post-surgery care. Care should be determined according to individual clinical need and through shared decision-making between the patient and their clinical team, with referral to another NHS Board or specialist service where the necessary expertise is not available locally.

The assessment and management of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse is supported by national clinical guidance, including NICE guideline NG123. All NICE guidelines should be considered relevant to be considered by professionals in NHSScotland unless there is a competing Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guideline. This guidance covers assessment, non-surgical and surgical treatment options, and the management of complications associated with mesh procedures. It emphasises the importance of taking account of each woman's individual needs, preferences and circumstances when considering treatment options.

NHS Boards are responsible for delivering care in line with relevant clinical guidance and NHSScotland policies, and for arranging referrals where specialist expertise is required. Patients requiring outpatient assessment or elective treatment are managed in accordance with NHSScotland waiting times arrangements and are prioritised according to their individual circumstances and clinical need. This helps ensure that women requiring treatment following mesh removal can access appropriate care through established clinical pathways and consistent clinical standards across Scotland.

The Scottish Pelvic Floor Registry and Audit Programme (SPFRAP), led by Public Health Scotland, has been commissioned to support quality improvement in pelvic floor services in Scotland. The programme aims to collect and analyse clinical audit data against recognised standards of care to identify variation, support shared learning and promote best practice across NHS Boards. This will help strengthen consistency and continuous improvement in pelvic floor services, including care provided to women following mesh removal.

Question reference: S7W-04599

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the remediation of NHS buildings, including combustible cladding and insulation, arising from the work of the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety.

Question reference: S7W-04550

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken to establish the number of patients living with Fredericks Ataxia in Scotland.