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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-02562

Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether any assessment has been made of the human rights and privacy implications of combining Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) data with other datasets held by Police Scotland or other public authorities.

Question reference: S7W-02561

Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland has considered using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) data in combination with facial recognition or other biometric technologies, and, if so, for what purposes.

Question reference: S7W-02523

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to the finding in the Scottish Government-funded study of farm-to-wild genetic introgression, Spatial variability in farm-to-wild introgression in Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon populations revealed using a novel spatial statistical survey design, which was published on 8 August 2026, that approximately 20% of Scotland’s river network was affected by genetic introgression in wild salmon at the national scale in 2021, ranging from 0% in some east coast regions to approximately 72% in west coast regions associated with high concentrations of marine aquaculture.

Question reference: S7W-02552

Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any cases of abuse of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera systems.

Question reference: S7W-02547

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many new-start patients are planned to commence treatment with hybrid closed-loop (HCL) insulin pump systems in 2026, and how this compares with the number of new-start patients in 2024 and 2025.

Question reference: S7W-02565

Asked by: Laura Moodie, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve educational outcomes for those in the Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities.

Question reference: S7W-02534

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will evaluate the impact of the Thistle safer drug consumption facility in Glasgow on immediate out-of-hours referrals to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), and whether it plans to explore supplementary low-cost 24-hour community access models across the wider public sector estate where facilities are already operating on a 24-hour basis.

Question reference: S7W-02525

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it accepts that the presence of farmed genetic material in wild salmon, as identified by the Scottish Government-funded study, Spatial variability in farm-to-wild introgression in Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon populations revealed using a novel spatial statistical survey design, which was published on 8 August 2026, demonstrates that escaped farmed salmon are having a genetic impact on wild salmon populations, given the study’s finding that approximately 20% of Scotland’s river network was affected by introgression in 2021, ranging from 0% in some east coast regions to approximately 72% in west coast regions associated with high concentrations of marine aquaculture.

Question reference: S7W-02553

Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the use of Flock Safety Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-02524

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will strengthen future monitoring of farm-to-wild genetic introgression in wild salmon, in line with the recommendation from the Scottish Government-funded study, Spatial variability in farm-to-wild introgression in Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon populations revealed using a novel spatial statistical survey design, which was published on 8 August 2026, for carefully structured juvenile sampling programmes and appropriate statistical approaches to provide credible estimates of the extent and severity of introgression pressures.