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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-03429

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland in each financial year from 2023-24 to 2027-28, broken down by (a) amount and (b) purpose.

Question reference: S7W-03435

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential for new nuclear development at Torness to increase employment beyond the 851 civil nuclear jobs currently supported at the site.

Question reference: S7W-03443

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what financial and technical support it is providing to local authorities to progress the heat network opportunities identified in their local heat and energy efficiency strategies into investment-ready projects.

Question reference: S7W-03441

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the potential to recover industrial waste heat from the Grangemouth Industrial Cluster for use in heat networks serving local homes, businesses and public buildings.

Question reference: S7W-03442

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use to evaluate the Heat Network Fund optimisation study pilot, and whether it plans to establish a permanent funding programme for improving existing heat networks.

Question reference: S7W-03433

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the contribution that Scotland’s civil nuclear sector could make to developing the next generation of skilled workers, including through apprenticeships and opportunities for young people.

Question reference: S7W-03431

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland to be currently (a) operational, (b) fully operational, (c) established and (d) independent, and for each classification, what definition it uses to make that assessment.

Question reference: S7W-03432

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether, under NHS Circular PCS(DD) 2025/1 Addendum 2, NHS boards should be permitted to apply administrative arrangements that financially disadvantage resident doctors whose progression does not align with the standard August progression timetable.

Question reference: S7W-03446

Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a reskilling strategy to help underemployed graduates make full use of their skills and qualifications and ensure that young people receive balanced guidance on the range of education and training options available to them, including whether university study is suited to their ambitions and interests.

Question reference: S7W-03439

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the analysis by Moriarty et al in Decoding persistent elevated mortality in farmed marine Scottish Atlantic salmon using artificial intelligence and logical modelling, which was published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, what information it holds regarding which salmon farm sites were identified as having (a) persistent elevated mortality attributable to the same identified cause, and what the identified cause was at each site, and (b) recurrent elevated mortality attributable to different causes, and what the identified causes were at each site.