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-40367
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Scottish breast screening statistics for 2023-24, which were initially scheduled to be published in spring 2025, have been postponed until December 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-40350
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many households it anticipates will be supported through the £2 million investment in Discretionary Housing Payments, and how its impact will be monitored.
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Question reference: S6W-40364
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is currently undertaking to (a) identify individuals who may be at increased risk of inherited cancer syndromes, such as those linked to BRCA gene mutations or Lynch syndrome and (b) offer these individuals screening and genetic testing.
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Question reference: S6W-40347
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £4.9 billion investment in housing is (a) a reallocation from existing housing or local government budgets and (b) new investment.
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Question reference: S6W-40362
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to address any shortfalls in the radiology workforce and the impact that any such shortfalls might have on cancer patients.
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Question reference: S6W-40354
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what methodology was used to estimate the level of private investment anticipated from the increased funding for the Affordable Homes Supply Programme announced on 2 September 2025, and what assumptions underpin those projections.
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Question reference: S6W-40370
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported proposed closure of the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College in 2026, and reported concerns regarding skills shortages and a 17% real-terms reduction to college funding, what action it will take to secure the future of the campus, in order to retain its students and maintain the provision of skills education in the area.
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Question reference: S6W-40348
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria will be used by local authorities to determine when temporary accommodation can be “flipped” to permanent housing, and how households will be supported.
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Question reference: S6W-40369
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve access to defibrillators nationally.
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Question reference: S6W-40346
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the £4.9 billion investment in housing will be delivered through (a) new capital funding and (b) Financial Transactions.
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