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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-00575

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of its Home Education Guidance, published in January 2025, and whether it has commenced a review with HM Inspectorate of Education and other relevant partners into whether arrangements for home education are providing young people with sufficient support, as per the commitment by the previous Cabinet Secretary for Education on 24 June 2025.

Question reference: S7W-00574

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to fulfil Section 5.5 of its Home Education Guidance, published in January 2025, to work with local authorities to consider options for the collation of high-level information about the number of children and young people being home-educated in local authorities.

Question reference: S7W-00334

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects development of Vision Anywhere for Scotland to be completed.

Question reference: S7W-00332

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on delivery of the National GP IT Reprovisioning Programme.

Question reference: S7W-00331

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the Vision 3 clinical system to be appropriate for use by GPs, in light of reports that it is viewed by some GPs as being unfit for purpose due in part to its age.

Question reference: S6F-04777

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 March 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-04720

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-43645

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the responses, including its own, to the consultation on a cruise ship levy.

Question reference: S6W-43644

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to take forward proposals for a point of entry levy for visitors to islands.

The Scottish Government has no current plans to introduce a point of entry levy for visitors to islands.

Any future consideration of additional local discretionary taxation powers, including those that may be of interest to island authorities, would require detailed assessment, consultation with affected communities and businesses, and engagement with local government partners.

Our current priority is supporting local authorities to implement the discretionary visitor levy provided for in the 2024 Act. We are currently working with local authorities and industry to progress further primary legislation and necessary secondary legislation and guidance. It is important to support and learn from this process before considering whether further reforms may be appropriate.

Question reference: S6W-43363

Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42929 by Jenny Gilruth on 26 January 2026, what its position is on requiring schools to maintain a stock of spare adrenaline auto-injectors, in light of their importance in responding to a severe allergic reaction in a pupil who has not been diagnosed or experienced such a reaction previously.

The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017 grants schools the authority to obtain, without a prescription, spare adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) devices to use in emergency situations if they wish.

Whilst these Regulations do not compel schools to hold spare AAI devices for use in emergency situations, our guidance on supporting children and young people with healthcare needs in schools states there are many benefits of doing so. Primarily because the presence of these devices could potentially save the life of the child or young person since the effects of reactions can take hold very quickly, particularly so in the case of reactions to insect stings.

If a pupil has not been diagnosed with, or experienced, an allergic reaction before the school should call the emergency services immediately on 999 to seek further advice on whether it would be appropriate to administer adrenaline from an AAI device.