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-01897
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to meet its duties under Part 11 of the Equality Act 2010 with regard to the accessibility and affordability of outdoor areas for (a) minority ethnic groups and (b) disabled people, and what assessment it has made of whether these duties are being fully met.
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Question reference: S7W-01938
- Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01302 by Neil Gray on 17 July 2026, what training is offered to prison officers to support neurodivergent prisoners; whether such training is compulsory, and (a) how many and (b) what proportion of current officers have completed such training.
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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-01937
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring it carries out of the number of collisions and injuries involving cyclists and pedestrians at or around floating bus stops and bus boarders, and whether such incidents are separately identified in road casualty statistics.
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Question reference: S7W-01907
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with UK Government on its proposals to introduce a licensing scheme for the sale of knives, and what assessment it has made of any implications of this scheme for Scotland.
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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-01900
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking towards introducing a cadastral system for recording and managing information about land ownership and what the timeline for this is.
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Question reference: S7W-01908
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce the necessary regulations to implement the age restrictions on the online sale of knives, as set out in the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-01796
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the contractual remedies available to NHS boards where hearing aid batteries supplied through the national procurement framework do not meet the required standards, and whether it holds information on any such remedies having been exercised since the commencement of the current contract.
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Question reference: S7W-01906
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how its licensing regulations for the sale of non-domestic knives are applied to online sales.
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