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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-03872

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01901 by Jim Fairlie on 5 August 2026, what consideration it has given to making data on subsidy payments made to beneficiaries in Scotland under all CAP legacy schemes more accessible to the public.

Question reference: S7W-03835

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Police Scotland’s Annual Workforce Report stating that workforce capacity continues to be a concern, what assessment it has made of the number of police officers and staff available for operational deployment.

Question reference: S7W-03903

Asked by: Jenny Young, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what form the proposed additional childcare for children aged nine months referenced in its Programme for Government will take, and whether it expects this support to be equivalent to the value of between £1,400 and £11,000 committed to in the 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto.

Question reference: S7W-03840

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Police Scotland's Annual Workforce Report identifying concerns regarding assaults, injuries on duty, stress-related absence and grievances, what action it is taking to improve the wellbeing of police officers and staff.

Question reference: S7W-03902

Asked by: Jenny Young, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to introduce funded childcare for children aged between nine and 23 months, and whether this will be implemented before or after the introduction of funded childcare for primary school-age children, as announced in its Programme for Government.

Question reference: S7W-03869

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms exist to prevent an NHS manager who has been found responsible for serious misconduct or patient safety failings from moving into a management role in another NHS board, and whether it will review these arrangements in light of Recommendation 13 of the Thirlwall Inquiry.

Question reference: S7W-03854

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of Recommendation 16 of the Thirlwall Inquiry, and whether it considers that existing arrangements in Scotland provide healthcare whistle-blowers with sufficiently independent support and oversight where concerns have not been adequately addressed by an NHS board.

Question reference: S7W-03882

Asked by: Thomas Kerr, MSP for Glasgow, Reform UK
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider establishing a national framework for recording accessible and adapted social housing.

Question reference: S7W-03834

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Police Scotland’s Annual Workforce Report stating that improvements in overtime and time off in lieu balances have not been sustained, what assessment it has made of Police Scotland’s continuing reliance on overtime and time off in lieu.

Question reference: S7W-03894

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates ministers have visited HMP Barlinnie during (a) 2025 and (b) 2026, and which of these visits involved meetings with (i) trade unions, (ii) prison officers and/or staff, (iii) prisoners and (iv) prisoners' families.