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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-05147

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it reconciles the amounts reported by Ofcom as having been paid by Scottish Ministers to MG ALBA in 2014-15 and 2015-16 with the corresponding grant figures reported in MG ALBA’s annual accounts, and what accounts for the difference between the two figures published by Ofcom for 2014-15.

Question reference: S7W-05093

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of reported shortages in the forensic pathology workforce, and how it plans to address those shortages.

Question reference: S7W-05110

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds, broken down by NHS board, on (a) funding allocated for hybrid closed loop technology, (b) patient uptake of the technology, (c) waiting lists for access to the technology, and (d) staffing levels within diabetes technology services.

Question reference: S7W-05058

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether any handover meetings took place in 2026 between the Minister for Victims and Community Safety and their predecessor, whether agendas and minutes were produced for any such meetings and, if so, whether these will be published.

Question reference: S7W-05108

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risk that removing the Digital, Data and Technology pay supplement will increase reliance on external contractors and other temporary resource, and what estimate it has made of the potential financial implications of any such shift.

Question reference: S7W-05115

Asked by: Laura Moodie, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what timescale it has set for the adoption of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' National Neurodevelopmental Pathway for Adults and the implementation of the Neurodevelopmental Service Specification for Children and Young People.

Question reference: S7W-05088

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, whether it will publish agendas, minutes and papers of the board meetings.

Question reference: S7W-05107

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how the removal of the Digital, Data and Technology pay supplement aligns with its ambition to create a more efficient public sector, given the potential impact on pay and retention for staff delivering digital transformation and maintaining critical government systems.

Question reference: S7W-05098

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the departure of the former chief executive of Historic Environment Scotland, whether it will publish any business case submitted to it under the Scottish Public Finance Manual and approved by the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic.

Question reference: S7W-05031

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what pathways are currently in place for health boards regarding the assessment and diagnosis of symptomatic hypermobility, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) and suspected hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.