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-01112
- Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any child who has had a deferred entry into P1, and whose birthday falls before March 2021, remains eligible to apply for a Best Start Grant School Age Payment.
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Question reference: S7W-01133
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7O-00051 by Angela Constance on 11 June 2026, what services it defines under the term gynaecology.
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Question reference: S7W-01121
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether applicants to the Redress Scheme are prioritised if they are at the end of life.
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Question reference: S7W-01145
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support leukaemia patients in remote and rural areas.
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Question reference: S7W-01124
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much is being spent on (a) administering the Redress Scheme and (b) awards from the scheme, broken down by each financial year since the scheme’s inception.
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Question reference: S7W-01149
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a national strategy plan for the location of AI data centres or allow local authorities to determine this on an individual basis.
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Question reference: S7W-01107
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities that run inter-island ferry services, in light of the reported rising costs in global fuel prices as a result of the Middle East conflict.
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Question reference: S7W-01109
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-00783 by Tom Arthur on 16 June 2026, how many of the proposed homes to be built have been built, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority.
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Question reference: S7W-01114
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to increase the number of caseworkers employed to work on the Redress Scheme, and, if so, how many additional staff will be employed and by what date.
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Question reference: S7W-01144
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of patients presenting with suspected leukaemia symptoms receive a full blood count within 48 hours.
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