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-41102
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Prison Service continuing its membership of the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme, in light of the decision by organisations such as Police Scotland and the Scottish Parliament to withdraw from the scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-41091
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it is measuring the impact of opt-out testing in A&E departments on the prevalence of (a) blood borne viruses and (b) the hepatitis C virus, and the subsequent uptake of treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-41092
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what targeted approaches it is using to identify undiagnosed people living with the hepatitis C virus.
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Question reference: S6W-41067
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out regarding whether, at its commencement, its COVID-19 and flu vaccination programme for winter 2025-26 was fully resourced with regard to staffing and vaccine availability.
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Question reference: S6W-41066
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the rising number of older people in Scotland, due to its ageing population, with regard to resourcing its adult (a) spring and (b) winter COVID-19 and flu vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S6W-41098
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported staffing shortages in trading standards teams across Scotland, in light of reports that this is resulting in fewer than half of local authorities being able to participate in test purchase programmes to monitor the sales of tobacco and vapes to underage children.
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Question reference: S6W-41074
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to making flu vaccination mandatory for all public-facing NHS staff.
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Question reference: S6W-41097
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it has allocated the Barnett consequential funding it received as a result of the UK Government’s announcement on 22 March 2025 that it was committing £10 million of new funding in 2025-26 for trading standards in England to tackle underage sales of tobacco and vapes, prevent sales of illicit tobacco and nicotine products, and fund up to 80 new apprentice enforcement officers.
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Question reference: S6W-41065
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, following the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to shift the start of the winter COVID-19 and flu vaccination programme for adults in 2026 from September to October, what operational changes it has made to the delivery of the programme to ensure that it is completed prior to the start of flu season and takes account of an ageing population.
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Question reference: S6W-41070
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage the uptake of flu vaccines by frontline health workers, in light of reports from Public Health Scotland that vaccination rates among these workers have fallen to 35%.
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