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-00324
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the £9 million it has allocated to the Mossmorran industrial site over the next three years, when will all payments be made, what outcomes are expected from the payments, what undertakings have been given by the recipients in order to receive the payments and how it has determined that the amount allocated for each is sufficient to deliver the results intended.
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Question reference: S7W-00302
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Reform's specific savings target is for 2026-27, and what independent body will verify whether this is met.
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Question reference: S7W-00331
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the Vision 3 clinical system to be appropriate for use by GPs, in light of reports that it is viewed by some GPs as being unfit for purpose due in part to its age.
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Question reference: S7W-00253
- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) GPs, (b) consultants and (c) dentists have been recruited to rural and island areas through the Golden Hellos initiative, which aims to improve such recruitment in rural and island communities, in each of the last five years, and how retention rates compare with urban areas.
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Question reference: S7W-00295
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto commitment to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items in shops, what consideration it has given to the suggestions by the Scottish Retail Consortium and Food and Drink Federation Scotland that it should instead seek to reduce the regulatory costs and taxes under its control that affect the food supply chain.
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Question reference: S7W-00260
- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what performance measures will be used to assess the effectiveness of expanding mobile health services for screening, stroke support, ophthalmology clinics and mental health support, including key milestones by year.
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Question reference: S7W-00343
- Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many medical centres will be required to be established by the proposed primary healthcare investment programme for Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly.
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Question reference: S7W-00252
- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effectiveness of the Golden Hellos initiative, which aims to improve the recruitment of GPs, consultants and dentists to rural and island communities.
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Question reference: S7W-00326
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will finalise and publish its Energy Strategy, which has been delayed since 2023, and, if so, by what date.
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Question reference: S7W-00341
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Highland Council regarding the reported closure of two toilet blocks at Rosebank Primary School in Nairn, which has resulted in Primary 1 and 2 classes being temporarily cancelled.
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