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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-04656

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of adults in each NHS board area were estimated to smoke in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S7W-04648

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many people were admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia in each NHS board area in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S7W-04659

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has evaluated the frequency and sustainability of drafting staff from other prisons as mutual aid during major incidents, and what impact this practice has on baseline security at the contributing prisons.

Question reference: S7W-04657

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people were admitted to hospital due to asthma in each NHS board area in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S7W-04641

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it consulted with relevant bodies during the development of the proposed reorganisation of orthopaedic care.

Question reference: S7W-04667

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what framework is in place to oversee handovers between ministers, senior civil servants and other high-ranking government positions.

Question reference: S7W-04661

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with the Governor of HMP & YOI Polmont in the past 12 months, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S7W-04647

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency hospital admissions for asthma there were in each NHS board area in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S7W-04665

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the security and staffing implications of the recent mass disorder at HMP & YOI Polmont, and what additional support, resources, or protective measures are being provided to frontline prison officers.

Question reference: S7W-04664

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 13 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what immediate steps it is taking in response to the warning from the Scottish Prison Service that Scotland's prisons are "at the brink," and whether it plans to review current population projections and capacity thresholds across the estate.