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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-02701

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons the standard mileage allowance under the Motability scheme administered by Social Security Scotland does not extend to short leisure trips, and what assessment was undertaken in reaching that position.

Motability is responsible for operational aspects relating to the standard annual inclusive mileage allowance, which customers can continue to use at their discretion, including for short leisure trips. Motability reduced the standard allowance following UK Government tax changes. Whilst we know that this has created uncertainty for clients, Scottish Government engagement with Motability on the changes means that additional mileage support is available for customers who live in certain rural and island areas and for those who use more than 3,000 of the standard mileage allowance for essential healthcare, education and employment journeys.

Question reference: S7W-03494

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has advised planning authorities to seek agreement with applicants to extend the period for determining planning applications for hyperscale data centres pending the publication of national planning and spatial guidance, and, if so, when and to which planning authorities such advice has been issued.

Question reference: S7W-03479

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on requiring responses to public health consultations from trade associations, industry-funded organisations and third-party organisations to disclose the commercial interests that fund or support them.

Question reference: S7W-03519

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether any of the £3.4 million of additional neurodevelopmental investment it announced in 2026 has been allocated to support those living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and, if so, how much.

Question reference: S7W-03530

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the investigation into the burial of salmon mortalities at the Whiteshore Cockles site on North Uist in May 2024, including what enforcement action, if any, was taken as a result of the investigation.

Question reference: S7W-03448

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans NHS Scotland has to offer superior cluneal nerve (SCN) hydro-dissection and pulsed radio frequency treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve entrapment and other peripheral nerve or fascial impingements, which is available in England.

Question reference: S7W-03477

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on establishing a presumption that publicly funded public health education and prevention programmes should be developed without input from, or influence by, the industries whose products are the subject of those programmes.

Question reference: S7W-03490

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how its commitments regarding apprenticeships will support the recruitment and training of the next generation of town planning professionals, and whether planning will be identified as a priority area within those commitments.

Question reference: S7W-03505

Asked by: Kristopher Leask, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with ports and harbour authorities regarding the development of guidance for floating wet storage of offshore wind turbines in harbour authority areas.

Question reference: S7W-03524

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02223 by Maree Todd on 31 August 2026 regarding the implementation and enforcement of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, what quantified assessment it has made to date of the additional staffing, training, systems and financial costs that local authority trading standards services will incur, whether it will publish this assessment, and whether it will provide dedicated funding to support the implementation before the registration offences come into force on 29 April 2027.