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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 ��˿�� 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: S6W-38445

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 20 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to support stoma dispensing suppliers, which dispense stoma pouches and other stoma products to over 20,000 stoma patients across Scotland, as they reportedly face severe financial pressure from various costs increases, as well as a reported 8% reduction in Scottish Government fees over the last four years.

Question reference: S6W-38446

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 20 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the remuneration global sum for stoma dispensing suppliers will be increased by at least 13.5%, the same percentage as reportedly awarded to pharmacy contractors over the last four years, and, if so, by when it expects this to happen.

Question reference: S6O-04655

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how Police Scotland shares information with other statutory bodies about vulnerable individuals.

Question reference: S6F-04036

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025

To ask the First Minister, in light of the reported high demand for neurodevelopmental assessment services, when the Scottish Government plans to publish the report on the work that it funded on the five “tests of change” across Scotland, which concluded in March 2024.

Question reference: S6W-35792

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent stoma care specialist nurses are currently employed by each NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-36026

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve stoma care provision in areas such as Argyll and Bute, the Western Isles and Orkney, which reportedly currently have no access to local specialist stoma nurses.

Question reference: S6W-36027

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will share the results of the information gathering exercise by NHS boards into local stoma care services, stoma specialist nurse coverage and any gaps in stoma services across the country, as announced by the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health in November 2023 and shared with the Scottish Executive Nurse Directors in July and November 2024.

Question reference: S6W-36028

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in delivering the five asks in relation to stoma care, as proposed at the Scottish Stoma Forum in October 2023.

It is for NHS Boards to make decisions and progress on the delivery of services locally, including consideration of delivering the asks proposed at the Scottish Stoma Forum in October 2023. Positive progress shared with the Scottish Government includes: agreeing that the role of a stoma forum should reflect local needs; the range of nursing support available for stoma patients is now more expansive; stoma care is included as part of the Registered Nurse core curriculum; patients can request a review of their care from their local stoma care team at any time, meaning that a formal offer of an annual review should not be required in most cases.

Question reference: S6O-04285

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the total monthly running cost of Ferguson Marine is.

Question reference: S6O-04225

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the three main aims of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill are.