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: S6W-41699
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NHS Grampian is ensuring that all detainees in police custody in Elgin can access their prescribed medication, including methadone, in line with existing relevant operational procedures and guidance, and following the rapid review carried out in 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-41704
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Public Health Scotland regarding the changes to the methodology for reporting on NHS waiting times statistics announced on 28 October 2025, and when these discussions took place.
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Question reference: S6W-41694
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has directly invested in its place-based investment programme (a) in each year since 2021 and (b) since April 2021, also broken down by how much has been attracted to the programme from private sources.
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Question reference: S6W-41695
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what protocols and guidance are in place for local authorities that are reporting graffiti which could be considered as a hate crime to Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-41700
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what input its ministers have had into the development of Police Scotland’s Unacceptable Actions by Complainers Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
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Question reference: S6W-41701
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned refresh of its digital strategy, as proposed in the 2024 progress report.
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Question reference: S6W-41685
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many external telephone calls relating to their work were made by (a) its executive agencies and (b) other public bodies in the last calendar year, broken down by how much was spent on these, and what information it has regarding the number of calls from external sources relating to such work that were received.
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Question reference: S6W-41692
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30645 by Jenny Gilruth on 8 November 2024, whether it has completed its analysis of bids to the school meal debt fund and followed up with local authorities on the information provided and, if so, whether it will confirm how many (a) children and (b) families had their school meal debt written off as a result of this fund, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-41690
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many inspections at farms have been carried out by its Agriculture Wages Inspection Team since 1 January 2025, broken down by (a) how many were as a result of a complaint received by a third party and (b) what proportion related to people holding a Seasonal Worker Visa, and what information it has regarding what the subsequent (i) outcomes and (ii) actions taken by the Inspection Team have been.
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Question reference: S6W-41703
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the new methodology for reporting NHS waiting times statistics announced by Public Health Scotland on 28 October 2025, which NHS boards are yet to switch to this new methodology, and what assessment it has made of the reliability and utility of waiting times statistics while NHS boards are switching between two different reporting methodologies.
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