Questions and answers
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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Question reference: S7W-04258
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans and commissions services for neurological conditions where reliable prevalence data is unavailable or where routinely recorded diagnoses may underestimate the number of people living with the condition.
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Question reference: S7W-04254
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on neurology services of the proposed move from 14 territorial NHS boards to two strategic health boards.
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Question reference: S7W-04256
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the voluntary sector representatives sitting on the Programme Board for Public Service Reform, how many there are and which charities or voluntary organisations they represent.
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Question reference: S7W-04257
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how its focus on prevention within its approach to long-term conditions will address the needs of people living with neurological conditions for which there are currently no known means of prevention.
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Question reference: S7W-04255
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has held, and with whom, since the announcement in the Programme for Government in September 2026 of a three-month consultation period on the reform of public services.
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Question reference: S7W-04253
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to extend Hospital at Home services across all NHS boards to enable people under the age of 65, who are not living in care homes, to access such services.
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Question reference: S7W-04111
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many vacant special care dentistry posts there are in each NHS board, and what steps it is taking to address any workforce shortages.
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Question reference: S7W-04107
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures and guidelines are in place for providing special dentistry care with regard to patient preferences.
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Question reference: S7W-04110
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to special care dentistry services in each NHS board in each year since 2021-22.
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Question reference: S7W-04112
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there is sufficient specialist special care dentistry capacity to meet demand.
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