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-40244
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, to reduce violence and drug harm, what additional investment it will make in secure accommodation and in-prison rehabilitation.
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Question reference: S6W-40237
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) workforce, (b) equipment and (c) IT constraints might prevent the national rollout of targeted lung cancer screening.
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Question reference: S6W-40230
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the remuneration package for the chief executive of the National Social Work Agency conforms to the public sector pay policy, and what benchmarking was undertaken.
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Question reference: S6W-40257
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what alternatives to custody it is developing for persistent low-level offending, to alleviate prison pressure while protecting the public.
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Question reference: S6W-40233
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans it has to avoid routine refusal of new admissions to custody due to overcrowding in the prison estate.
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Question reference: S6W-40232
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent forecast is for the prison population to the end of 2025-26, and how this compares to the design capacity of the prison estate.
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Question reference: S6W-40236
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the implementation timetable is for targeted lung cancer screening, and what steps it will take to accelerate delivery.
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Question reference: S6W-40259
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that (a) Police Scotland and (b) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is not forced to delay or decline custodial remand decisions because of prison overcrowding.
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Question reference: S6W-40265
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported figures suggesting that 47,417 children from the most deprived areas had contact with an NHS dentist in June 2025, compared with 55,539 in the least deprived areas.
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Question reference: S6W-40231
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated annual running cost of the National Social Work Agency is for 2025-26, and for each of the next three years.
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