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-03208
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the payments it will make to private bus operators in the Highlands and Islands in the financial year 2026-27 under the £2 bus fare cap.
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Question reference: S7W-03240
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what effect replacing the 14 territorial NHS boards with two strategic NHS boards will have on (a) waiting times, (b) patient outcomes and (c) NHS staff wellbeing.
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Question reference: S7W-03222
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the three-month period of engagement on public service reform announced in the Programme for Government 2026, whether it will publish a timetable, terms of reference and list of participants.
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Question reference: S7W-03206
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of passenger journeys that will be made under the £2 bus fare cap in the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport area during the financial year 2026-27.
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Question reference: S7W-03237
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its proposal for a single line of decision-making, accountability and funding for social care led by the NHS, who will have ultimate accountability for social care, and what role the Scottish Ministers will have.
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Question reference: S7W-03253
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with NHS (a) Ayrshire & Arran, (b) Borders, (c) Fife and (d) Tayside regarding compliance with Standard 7 of the Scottish Standards for Electroconvulsive Therapy.
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Question reference: S7W-03251
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the 2025 Scottish ECT Audit Network’s report on data, and what steps it is taking to improve compliance with the Scottish Standards for Electroconvulsive Therapy that were introduced in 2023.
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Question reference: S7W-03205
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the payments it will make to private bus operators in the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport area in the financial year 2026-27 under the £2 bus fare cap.
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Question reference: S7W-03210
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £2 bus fare cap in the Highlands and Islands, how it has calculated the estimated number of passenger journeys, including any assumptions about passenger demand and the number of eligible journeys.
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Question reference: S7W-03232
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to no compulsory redundancies, what arrangements will apply to staff whose posts will no longer be required following the replacement of the 14 territorial NHS boards with two strategic boards.
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