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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-39788

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have received support from school counsellors in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-39728

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what structures are in place for determining the allocation of public funding to inquiries.

Question reference: S6W-39752

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly approved the purchase of the Glen Prosen estate without a published management plan.

Question reference: S6W-39737

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking to ensure that any intellectual property created in Scotland is exploited in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-39753

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what return on investment it anticipates from the £17.6 million spent on the Glen Prosen estate.

Question reference: S6W-39736

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in the light of recent reported medical breakthroughs, including the new Aberdeen-designed Field Cycling Imaging brain scan, whether it will work with partners in the medical equipment industry to create a dedicated medical equipment manufacturing site in Scotland to ensure that any innovations developed in Scotland are exploited in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-39784

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38881 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 July 2025, what actions Social Security Scotland (SSS) is exploring to strengthen its support for veterans and service members, and whether these will include the establishment of a network of armed forces and veterans champions in SSS.

Question reference: S6W-39742

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 August 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on the roll-out of (a) Fisheries Management Plans and (b) fisheries management measures for Marine Protected Areas.

Question reference: S6W-39188

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Scotland relies on base load nuclear generation and imports from England, in light of its policy against the building of new nuclear power stations under current technologies.

Scotland is a net exporter of electricity to the rest of the UK - the UK relies on the electricity that Scotland generates to deliver its net zero targets and its ambition to deliver clean power by 2030.

The National Energy Systems Operator (NESO) is responsible for security of supply. The Scottish Government have co-commissioned the NESO to develop the Strategy Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) which will help accelerate and optimise the transition to clean, affordable and secure energy in Great Britain. This can be achieved through the deployment of renewable technologies, including storage technologies.

A Scottish Government commissioned report, Electricity system security of supply in Scotland, published in 2023, found that the increase in renewable generation capacity along with the installation of storage technologies would provide security of supply in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-39650

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received reports of extended delays on NHS Scotland's 111 telephone service.

The Scottish Government have not received reports of any extended delays for patients contacting NHS 24. We monitor NHS 24’s performance closely and remain satisfied that it continues to meet its statutory and clinical obligations.

NHS 24 has taken significant steps to improve performance, including increasing staffing levels to 1,556.9 WTE (2,199 headcount) as of March 2025 – an increase of 48.3% over the past decade. The service has also revised its key performance indicators to better capture unmet demand and identify risks where callers may have made multiple unsuccessful attempts to access 111.

The Scottish Government remains committed to supporting NHS 24’s efforts to improve service delivery and ensure that the 111 service continues to meet the needs of the public.