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-01730
- Asked by: Helen McDade, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 and the Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Act 2026 receiving Royal Assent in May 2026, what its timescale is for implementing the provisions of these Acts and for issuing the statutory guidance required to prohibit face-down prone restraint of children in secure accommodation.
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Question reference: S7W-01731
- Asked by: Helen McDade, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 12 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that no external review of restraint practices at St Mary's Kenmure has been commissioned, and that the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture has requested a copy of any such review, whether it will commission or require an external review to be undertaken.
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Question reference: S7W-01714
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2026
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answer expected on 12 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress in implementing the accepted recommendations of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s Module 1 report, which was published on 18 July 2024.
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Question reference: S7W-01699
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many appointments to assess sleep apnoea have taken place in each year since 2021, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S7W-01691
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01147 by Hannah Mary Goodlad on 1 July 2026, whether the First Minister has reached a decision on whether the Scottish Government will provide local authorities with planning guidance on proposed green data centres.
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Question reference: S7W-01689
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to assist local authorities by making the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund application process easier for applicants to navigate.
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Question reference: S7W-01698
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when will it appoint a new National Clinical Lead for Palliative and End of Life Care.
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Question reference: S7W-01696
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review prescribing policies in care homes.
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Question reference: S7W-01695
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been diagnosed with dementia in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S7W-01693
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many missed outpatient appointments there have been in each year since 2021, broken down by NHS board.
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