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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.

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: S7W-04136

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that access to hybrid closed loop technology is (a) protected and (b) standardised during its proposed transition from 14 territorial to two strategic NHS boards.

Question reference: S7W-04137

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that mental health is given parity of esteem with physical health, and is placed at the centre of decision-making, governance, service planning and resource allocation as part of its programme of NHS reform.

Question reference: S7W-04132

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many phlebotomists have been trained in GP surgeries in each year since 2016.

Question reference: S7W-04130

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of each statutory public inquiry has been in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S7W-04129

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when each statutory public inquiry currently being carried out is expected to report.

Question reference: S7W-04131

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the support provided to young carers.

Question reference: S7W-04081

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to accelerate the processing of remedial service statements for NHS workers.

Question reference: S7W-03643

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals using the Thistle Drug Consumption facility in Glasgow have been referred to rehabilitation services to date.

The Thistle does not directly refer any individuals to residential rehabilitation services. Access to residential rehabilitation is arranged through care management in Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services. However, in its first year of operation, the service made 612 referrals, with the most common referral to Housing and Accommodation, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services, and the Blood Borne Virus Team.

The Thistle regularly refers to local Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services where individuals work with care managers to develop person centred care plans. The Thistle does not receive reports on outcomes of these care plans but is anecdotally aware of service users who have accessed recovery services including residential rehabilitation.

The effectiveness of referral pathways from the Thistle will be captured by the independent evaluation, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

Question reference: S7W-03642

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the total value of fraud identified by NHS Scotland Counter Fraud Services has been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

NHS Scotland has benefited by £93 million arising from measures undertaken by Counter Fraud Services over the financial years April 2000 to March 2026.

Counter Fraud Services was established on 1 July 2000 and therefore no figures are available for 1999. An annual breakdown of the total value of fraud identified by Counter Fraud Services for each individual NHS Board is not part of fraud reporting arrangements.

Question reference: S7W-03994

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of NHS England’s July 2026 guidance on preventing unlawful access to patient records, whether it has reviewed, or plans to review, NHS Scotland’s arrangements for preventing, monitoring and independently detecting the inappropriate use of patient information.