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
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Question reference: S7W-04558
- Asked by: Amanda Bland, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been provided in each of the last five financial years for (a) assessing, (b) monitoring, (c) preventing, (d) mitigating and (e) cleaning up pollution and environmental damage associated with the salmon farming industry, including pollution from chemicals, pesticides, medicines, sea-lice treatments, fish-farm waste and other contaminants, broken down by recipient, purpose of expenditure and the public body providing the funding.
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Question reference: S7W-04566
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the number of thrombectomy procedures performed across Scotland in the last year, broken down by where the patients (a) were treated and (b) initially presented.
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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.
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Question reference: S7W-04585
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on extending or renewing its existing arrangements with the Scottish Education Management Information System (SEEMiS) rather than carrying out a new procurement exercise, and what factors have informed this position.
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Question reference: S7W-04583
- Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, with reference to the Whizz Kidz Youth Board's report entitled, Mobility Matters: A Youth Perspective on NHS Wheelchair Services, published on 26 June 2026, what assessment it has made of the merits of commissioning a paediatric wheelchair service.
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Question reference: S7W-04604
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-03799 by Hannah Mary Goodlad on 28 October 2026, whether it has assessed the risk that the construction of hyperscale artificial intelligence data centres could delay, reduce or increase the cost of housing delivery and, if no such assessment has been undertaken, whether it will commit to carrying one out, in light of the national housing emergency.
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Question reference: S7W-04590
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) local authorities, (b) education bodies and (c) stakeholder organisations were consulted prior to any decision to commence procurement for a replacement or successor to the Scottish Education Management Information System (SEEMiS), and on what dates those consultations took place.
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Question reference: S7W-04561
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will record and regularly publish data on corridor care.
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Question reference: S7W-04569
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of rehabilitation not being included in the latest Scottish Stroke Care Audit, for what reason it has not adopted rehabilitation audit processes that are in use and have been demonstrated to be effective elsewhere in the UK and Europe.
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Question reference: S7W-04596
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme.
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