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-03406
- Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce premature male mortality in the Edinburgh and Lothians East region.
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Question reference: S7W-03403
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in the delivery of the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Pathway, and what barriers remain.
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Question reference: S7W-03404
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority regarding increasing police officer numbers.
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Question reference: S7W-03421
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02939 by Maree Todd on 15 September 2026, what the total number of individual respondents from Scotland was to the ASH Smokefree GB Youth Survey in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2026, and whether it considers these numbers to be sufficiently robust and representative of young people living across the full range of deprivation levels of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), including in comparison with the 25,411 S2 and S4 pupils who responded to the 2021-22 Health and Wellbeing Census.
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Question reference: S7W-03422
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether all special advisers are provided with an individual Scottish Government email account for the conduct of official business.
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Question reference: S7W-03405
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what business cases it has received from Police Scotland and/or the Scottish Police Authority regarding increasing police officer numbers.
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Question reference: S7W-03410
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist nurses have been employed in NHS boards since 1999, broken down by NHS board, year, and specialism.
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Question reference: S7W-03425
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that its opposition to new nuclear sites could lead to the loss of a generation of skilled workers in the nuclear sector.
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Question reference: S7W-03399
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with ScotRail, local bus operators and ferry operators to ensure that rail and bus timetables align with sailings to and from Cairnryan.
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Question reference: S7W-03394
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Scotland regarding the safe use of weight loss drugs in industries where workers are subject to a maximum weight limit.
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