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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-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.

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.

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.

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.

Question reference: S7W-03395

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, 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 plans to consider the development of policy aimed at reducing herd or livestock numbers in order to achieve climate targets, should other policy approaches prove unsuccessful.

Question reference: S7W-03392

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West 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, further to the debate on motion S7M-01178, (Middle East: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) on 16 September 2026, in which the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Energy stated that, “The International Criminal Court—an organisation that I wholeheartedly support—has 13 situations under investigation in countries across the world, and we must ensure that there is consistency in our approach internationally and uphold the law, be it domestic or international”, whether it will set out what actions it has taken in relation to each of these “situations”.

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.

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.

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.

Question reference: S7W-03396

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, 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 whether it will undertake a review of the impact of the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Act 2019 on families and public services, in light of the Act having been in force for six years.