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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: S6W-43843

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it is continuing the Investing in Communities Fund beyond March 2026.

Question reference: S6W-43844

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available for foodshare projects.

Question reference: S6W-43587

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43013 by Neil Gray on 27 January 2026, regarding the additional £135.5 million allocated to planned care in 2025-26, whether it plans to baseline this funding into 2026-27.

In 2025-26, we allocated £135.5 million to Health Boards, directing this funding towards specialties experiencing the longest waits. The most recent data demonstrates that this targeted investment is delivering improved outcomes for patients across Scotland. This funding has not been baselined for 2026-27.

Looking ahead to 2026-27, we will build on the progress already achieved. Up to £100 million will be available to support further reductions in waiting times and to enhance patient flow across the Health System, ensuring continued improvement in access to care.

Question reference: S6W-43588

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-32146 and S6W-43022 by Neil Gray on 19 December 2024 and 27 January 2026 respectively, and in light of it being able to provide a breakdown in its answer to question S6W-32146, whether it will provide the information requested in question S6W-43022, regarding a detailed breakdown of the £100 million allocated to reform and improvement measures.

In 2026-27, we will build on the progress already achieved, with £100 million available to support further reductions in waiting times and to enhance patient flow across the Health System. This will ensure continued improvements in timely access to care for patients.

The 2026-27 budget has not yet been passed by Parliament and is at draft stage. Spending plans are still being developed by policy leads, therefore there we are not in a position at this point to provide a detailed breakdown of what the budget will deliver.

Question reference: S6W-43715

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of World Health Organization Resolution 76.6, adopted in May 2023, which recognises rehabilitation as essential to universal health coverage and calls for its integration across all levels of care, particularly primary care, alongside strengthened workforce, financing and emergency preparedness, what steps it has taken to strengthen rehabilitation services.

Question reference: S6W-43652

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the UK Government's press release of 3 February 2026, Government to cover travel costs of children with cancer, which accepted the proposal by Young Lives vs Cancer for a £10 million travel fund to support the cost of the young people travelling for treatment, what (a) steps it will take to ensure parity for children and under-25s in Scotland who have cancer with those in England, (b) discussions it has held with the UK Government regarding the implementation of the fund, and whether these will inform any decisions about expanding the Young Patients Family Fund eligibility criteria to include all such young people, including those receiving treatment as day-patients, and (c) assessment it has carried out of any impact on reducing health inequalities of expanding the Young Patients Family Fund's eligibility criteria to include these young people.

Question reference: S6W-43672

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its draft Budget 2026-27 and the associated level 4 tables, whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the £1,052.7 million allocation in the budget line, "Health Capital Investment".

Question reference: S6W-43699

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many appointments per week on average were delivered using the NHS service, Near Me, in each financial year from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-43500

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many MRI scanners each NHS board has.

Question reference: S6W-43505

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the process is for Healthcare Infection Incident Assessment reports, and under what circumstances ministers are notified of these.

The process for Healthcare Infection Incident Assessment reports is detailed in Appendix 14 of the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM).

The Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) or Health Protection Team (HPT) for community incidents, will assess the impact of a healthcare associated infection (HCAI) incident/outbreak using the Healthcare Associated Infection Incident Assessment Tool (HIIAT). The HIIAT has 2 main functions, to assess the impact of infection and supporting a single channel of communication and reporting. This communication is both internally within an NHS Board and externally to Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) Scotland as well as the Scottish Government.

The impact assessment is based on 4 categories; severity of illness, impact on service(s), risk of transmission and public anxiety. For each category, the IPCT or HPT will score the incident either minor, moderate or major. Based on this, each incident will be given an overall impact calculation of either green, amber or red. An individual member of the IPCT or HPT will usually undertake the initial risk assessment as part of a problem assessment group (PAG).

The current process for HIIAT reports ensures that ARHAI Scotland routinely notify Scottish Government officials of incidents assessed as amber or red, whilst green incidents may be shared if there is a particular need, for example because of a prior interest or a rare pathogen.

Officials and a professional IPC nursing advisor review each incident to determine whether these should be brought to the attention of Ministers. A range of factors are considered when this assessment is being made including: the nature and sensitivity of the incident, the type of pathogen, the extent of how patients, their families/ visitors, healthcare staff and/ or services are affected, any risk of further transmission and other contextual factors we may be aware of in the particular Health Board.