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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-03209

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 Highlands and Islands during the financial year 2026-27.

Question reference: S7W-03227

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 account it has taken of the recommendations of the February 2021 Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland when developing its proposals for the future governance and delivery of social care.

Question reference: S7W-03204

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 much it has paid to private bus operators and how many passenger journeys have been made, to date.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.