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-02890
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the establishment of a normal pension age of 60 for prison officers, in line with other uniformed emergency services, and what steps it will take to ensure that older officers who are unable to continue in frontline duties later in their careers are not financially penalised.
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Question reference: S7W-02930
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what definition it is using to define a “24/7 thrombectomy service”, and whether this definition means that a patient requiring thrombectomy will have access to the procedure at any time of day, seven days a week, subject to clinical eligibility.
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Question reference: S7W-02884
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reform post-release prescribing, in light of reports that 25% of community overdose deaths among recently released individuals occur within the first 28 days following liberation.
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Question reference: S7W-02875
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the adequacy of the six-week foundation training period for new Scottish Prison Service recruits.
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Question reference: S7W-02891
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering any changes to the Scottish Prison Service recruitment process, including an end to the use of online interviews introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S7W-02895
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment at the Rural Affairs Committee on 2 September 2026 that the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board had ceased to exist, whether it will confirm (a) on what date the board was discontinued, (b) for what reason this decision was taken and (c) how its role will be replaced.
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Question reference: S7W-02873
- Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether any changes are being considered to simplify and speed up the business rates appeals process, and what steps are being taken to reduce the administrative burden and costs associated with lodging an appeal.
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Question reference: S7W-02906
- Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the total cost to taxpayers of investigating, securing and clearing illegal waste sites over the last five years, and what proportion of these costs has subsequently been recovered from those responsible.
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Question reference: S7W-02894
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board last met.
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Question reference: S7W-02907
- Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many vehicles have been searched or seized using powers introduced under the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 in relation to suspected illegal waste activity, and how many of these cases have led to enforcement action since the introduction of the Act.
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