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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.

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Question reference: S6W-39610

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, with reference to Kidney Care UK’s report, Left to get on with it: The real impact of inadequate psychosocial support in kidney care, which was published in June 2025, whether it will conduct a national audit of psychosocial service provision for people living with kidney disease and, if so, how the findings of any audit will be used to inform service improvement and reduce any regional variation in psychosocial support for people with chronic kidney disease.

The Scottish Government welcomes Kidney Care UK’s recently published report and its important findings and recommendations. These will be carefully considered and reflected as appropriate in future policy planning for long term conditions like chronic kidney disease.

While there are no current plans to conduct a national audit, we expect all NHS Boards to adhere to existing guidelines and best practice in delivering psychosocial care. Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Mental Health Core Standards and the National Specification for Psychological Therapies and Interventions set out clear expectations for the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support across Scotland.

More broadly, the Scottish Government recently consulted on a Long Term Conditions Framework, which will help inform future approaches to prevention, diagnosis and care, including support for mental health and wellbeing.

The Scottish Government remains committed to ensuring people living with kidney disease can access safe, effective and person-centred care, including appropriate psychosocial support.

Question reference: S6W-39478

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many funeral directors have registered with the Funeral Sector Register.

Regulation 4 of the Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 makes provision for the Scottish Ministers to establish and maintain a register of relevant bodies and provides a power to publish the register or any information contained in the register.

The Funeral Sector Register opened on 1 April 2025, and to date 92 organisations including funeral directors, cremation and burial authorities have registered. These organisations relate to 333 different premises across Scotland. The Scottish Government has and continues to encourage all organisations working in the funeral sector to register. In addition, the Scottish Ministers have the ability to add organisations to the register if they become aware of them.

We continue to promote the digital register and build on current number of organisations registered whilst highlighting the positive benefits of registration for both the sector and the public.

Question reference: S6W-39477

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many funeral directors there are in Scotland.

The Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (the Inspection Regulations) make provision for the Scottish Ministers to establish and maintain a register of relevant bodies and provide a power to publish the register or any information contained in the register.

At present there is no universal list of burial authorities, cremation authorities and funeral directors operating in Scotland. The system of inspections will therefore be aided by the inspection register as provided for in regulation 4 of the Inspection Regulations. The Scottish Ministers may publish the inspection register or information from the register and this will, as information is collected over time, provide a platform for the public to access information about the location of relevant bodies, and whether they have been found to be non-compliant with relevant regulations or Codes of Practice. (Such regulations and Codes of Practice are the Funeral Director Code of Practice, the Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 2019, the Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024, and the Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025.) The inspection register will also help Inspectors to plan their inspections.

The Scottish Government launched the inspection register (titled the Funeral Sector Register) on 1 April 2025 via a digital portal and continues to encourage all organisations working within the funeral sector including funeral directors to register. The register is also publicly available and details the names and locations of those organisations who are registered.

Question reference: S6W-39781

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote financial literacy to young people in schools.

Question reference: S6W-39780

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage young people to save money using schemes run by credit unions.

Question reference: S6W-39779

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the (a) Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL) and (b) Scottish League of Credit Unions, and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6W-39778

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has awarded to credit unions in each of the last five financial years.

Question reference: S6W-39776

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what types of support, including financial support, it provides to credit unions.

Question reference: S6W-39775

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of NHS Forth Valley delivering the BE FAST (balance, eyes, face, arms, speech, time) stroke awareness campaign in its accident and emergency department, whether it is considering rolling out the campaign to other NHS boards’ accident and emergency departments.

Question reference: S6W-39777

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many credit unions there currently are in Scotland, and how this compares with five years ago.