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-03007
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason more than 1,200 Basic Payment Scheme claimants are reportedly still waiting on verification of their Future Farm Investment Scheme claims.
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Question reference: S7W-02997
- Asked by: Michelle Campbell, MSP for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, Scottish National Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of school leavers in each local authority area have gone on to a positive destination in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S7W-02995
- Asked by: Michelle Campbell, MSP for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, Scottish National Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each local authority area have received free university tuition each year since it was introduced.
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Question reference: S7W-03008
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to complete the verification process for Future Farm Investment Scheme claims.
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Question reference: S7W-03010
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many helicopters it plans to have on standby in advance of the next wildfire season.
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Question reference: S7W-03002
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33002 by Jenni Minto on 21 January 2025, what action the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care has taken, or plans to take, to ensure that learning outcomes on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have been embedded into the curriculum of Scottish medical schools, and what the timetable is for any such future action.
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Question reference: S7W-02989
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has received the four aerial firefighting assets requested from the Ministry of Defence on 25 July 2026 and, if so, on what date.
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Question reference: S7W-03001
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Scotland and NHS Fife regarding NHS Fife’s decision not to fill the vacancy created following the death in 2023 of Scotland’s only specialist nurse practitioner for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
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Question reference: S7W-02992
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve awareness of gynaecological cancers, including the signs and symptoms of womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal cancers, and to encourage people to seek medical advice at an early stage.
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Question reference: S7W-03011
- Asked by: Jamie Langan, MSP for South Scotland, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that childcare funding arrangements operate fairly for families with twins and other multiple births.
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