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-01959
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 20 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to backlog maintenance, how many buildings within the NHS estate have been assessed as (a) significant risk and (b) high risk.
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Question reference: S7W-01921
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 20 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings in the NHS estate have been assessed as category C or D in relation to (a) Condition and (b) Functional Suitability.
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Question reference: S7W-01927
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported growth in online and rapid alcohol delivery services, what its assessment is of the adequacy of the current licensing framework for regulating such services.
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Question reference: S7W-01924
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in implementing the Scottish Health Technologies Group's recommendation of February 2026 that lidocaine infusions, lidocaine injections and radiofrequency treatment should be available for suitable patients with chronic pain.
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Question reference: S7W-01919
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many carers' breaks have been delivered in each local authority area since the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 came into force.
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Question reference: S7W-01925
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the first meeting of the group established to consider the Scottish Health Technologies Group's recommendation that lidocaine infusions, lidocaine injections and radiofrequency treatment should continue for suitable chronic pain patients, scheduled for 29 April 2026, was cancelled, and whether it will publish details of the group's leadership, membership and remit.
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Question reference: S7W-01922
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any review of the NHS estate has assessed NHS buildings as containing asbestos and, if so, how many buildings have been so identified.
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Question reference: S7W-01917
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have received cataract surgery in each NHS board, in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S7W-01926
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to monitor and prevent any undue influence by the alcohol industry on public health policy relating to alcohol harm.
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Question reference: S7W-01923
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals have been prescribed methadone in each year since 2021.
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