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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-04867

Asked by: Kate Nevens, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities in providing schools and other educational establishments with the means to offer CPR training to all pupils and students.

Question reference: S7W-04855

Asked by: Steven Bonnar, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria were used to identify Shotts for inclusion in the second phase of its GP walk-in clinics programme, and how factors including deprivation, health inequalities and public transport accessibility were taken into account.

Question reference: S7W-04859

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much electricity generators have been paid in constraint payments, in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S7W-04857

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Animal Equality UK’s Freedom of Information findings, for what reason (a) no fish slaughter welfare inspections took place between September 2022 and April 2025, despite APHA being required to monitor welfare at slaughter from February 2022 and (b) no slaughter vessels were inspected between February 2022 and July 2026, and what action it will take, and by when, to ensure regular, unannounced welfare inspections of all shore-based fish slaughter facilities and slaughter vessels.

Question reference: S7W-04868

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S7W-02880 and S7W-03933 by Angela Constance on 17 September 2026 and 28 October 2026 respectively, whether any business plan has been produced for the integration of prison healthcare IT systems with GP IT systems following completion of the rollout of the Vision system.

Question reference: S7W-04866

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many public charging places have been installed in each local authority area as a result of its ChargePlace Scotland scheme, including the number that are owned by (a) local authorities, (b) the Scottish Government, (c) other public bodies, (d) private sector organisations and (e) third sector organisations, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S7W-04856

Asked by: Steven Bonnar, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the needs and views of residents in the Uddingston and Bellshill constituency are taken into account when developing proposals for the GP walk-in clinic in Shotts, given that it may be the nearest such service for residents in parts of the constituency.

Question reference: S7W-04862

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on families of its decision not to continue funding the prison visitors centres at HMP Perth and HMP/YOI Polmont, in light of the findings in the Review of Prison Visitor Centres (PVCs) and Support Services.

Question reference: S7W-04865

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the ChargePlace Scotland scheme to date, and how much private investment this funding has leveraged to date.

Question reference: S7W-04858

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on its proposals for temporary modular prisons.