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: S6W-41940
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, following the resignation of Lord Bracadale, when it expects a new chair to be in place for the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry.
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Question reference: S6W-41969
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether a risk assessment has been undertaken on the effects on existing chronic pain patients of stopping (a) lidocaine infusions, (b) pain relief injections and (c) radio-frequency denervation treatments.
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Question reference: S6W-41938
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry is expected to publish its final report.
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Question reference: S6W-41939
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a timescale for the statutory consultation on the appointment of a new chair for the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry.
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Question reference: S6W-41967
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether any extra funding has been ringfenced and will be made available to aid NHS chronic pain specialist clinics, in light of chronic pain being a priority concern of the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-41968
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) lidocaine infusions, (b) pain relief injections and (c) radio-frequency denervation treatments have been performed in outpatient departments or as day cases annually for chronic pain relief in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-41970
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-05099 by Neil Gray on 5 November 2025 regarding patient safety at NHS Grampian arising from faulty sterilising equipment, whether it will provide an update on how it will apply the Scottish Public Finance Manual provisions on redress where maladministration has been established, including what steps are being taken to provide a remedy to Medical Devices UK Ltd.
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Question reference: S6W-41979
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to expand the use of FibroScan across NHS Scotland, with the aim of improving the early detection of liver disease.
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Question reference: S6W-41960
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what policy it plans to implement to classify battery storage as energy generation.
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Question reference: S6W-41980
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many payments were made by Social Security Scotland to people not normally resident in Scotland in 2024-25, broken down by the total amount paid for each benefit.
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