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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-04810

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of fixed electricity network costs on the delivery of rapid and ultra-rapid charging in the Highlands and Islands, and what action it considers necessary to address this.

Question reference: S7W-04821

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to reinstate the Home Heating Support Fund before winter.

Question reference: S7W-04831

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a take-back, repair or redistribution scheme for Welcome to School Bags that are no longer required by their original recipients.

Question reference: S7W-04854

Asked by: Irshad Ahmed, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct NHS Lothian, in consultation with health trade unions and the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee (STAC), to establish a formal job evaluation review process for Band 6 nurses in Critical Care, Emergency Departments and other high-acuity specialist care units, with a view to determining whether eligible posts should be regraded to Band 7.

Question reference: S7W-04849

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Shelter Scotland, Building Hope: A route map to ending the use of unsafe and harmful temporary accommodation for children, how it will ensure that local authorities are adequately resourced to fulfil their statutory duties to people experiencing homelessness.

Question reference: S7W-04827

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, prior to the introduction of the Welcome to School Bag scheme, whether it consulted families experiencing poverty, including families who use community-based school uniform banks and school equipment exchange schemes, regarding their preferred form of support when children start Primary 1.

Question reference: S7W-04835

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS apprenticeships have been delivered in each year since 2021, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S7W-04848

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-03821 by Neil Gray on 15 October 2026, for what reason it has no plans to establish an independent inspectorate to provide routine independent scrutiny of the courts and tribunals system.

Question reference: S7W-04802

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of (a) registered and (b) approved training farriers in each local authority area in the Highlands and Islands region, and how that number has changed since 2017.

Question reference: S7W-04811

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Communication Workers Union's call for an emergency summit on the future of Royal Mail.