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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: S6W-31397

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what specific strategies are in place to address cancers linked to alcohol misuse.

Question reference: S6W-31395

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the designated target for the number of rehabilitation placements by 2026 is 1,000.

Question reference: S6W-31400

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to test for the use of any newer illicit substances by prisoners, such as psychoactive drugs, that are currently undetectable by urine tests.

Question reference: S6W-31402

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase breast health awareness.

Question reference: S6W-31394

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote better public knowledge regarding daily alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk.

Question reference: S6W-30794

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 13 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Lord Advocate has provided a statement of prosecution policy regarding the safer drug consumption facility, and, if so, whether it will publish this.

Question reference: S6W-30767

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what academic accommodation is available in schools for children that live with at least one alcoholic parental figure, in light of a report by Alcohol Focus Scotland that noted that two-thirds of these children indicated that their parent(s) drinking had, among other negative effects, caused them to be late for school.

The attendance of children and young people in schools is a priority for the Scottish Government. Our published guidance Ministerial foreword - Included, engaged and involved part 1: promoting and managing school attendance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) for local authorities and schools is clear on the need to follow-up absence and provide appropriate support to address the underlying causes of absence.

Under the Additional Support for Learning Act 2004, local authorities are under a statutory duty to identify, provide for, and review the additional support needs of their pupils. An additional support need can arise for any reason and be of short or long-term duration. Support needs arising from a young person’s individual family circumstances, such as having an alcohol dependent parent, are covered by the 2004 Act.

Question reference: S6W-30766

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what emotional support, such as a school counsellor, is available in schools for children living with at least one alcoholic parental figure.

The mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland is of paramount importance. That is why we continue to support our local authority partners with £16 million in funding to ensure that all school pupils aged 10 and above and all secondary schools in Scotland have access to school counselling services. Children impacted by parental alcohol or substance misuse can access these services and can also be referred to the school nurse service in order to receive appropriate support.

We are also providing local authorities with £15 million per annum to deliver community-based mental health and wellbeing support and services for children and young people, with many of these delivered through primary and secondary schools. It is for local authorities and schools to determine what support is put in place to best meet the needs of children and young people in their area.

Question reference: S6W-30691

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 12 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many children it estimates currently have at least one parent or parental figure with an alcohol addiction.

Data included in the 2019 Public Health Survey states that, among all children in 2017-2019 combined: 17% were living with at least one parent who exhibited hazardous, harmful drinking behaviour or had a possible alcohol dependence (AUDIT score of 8 or more), 2% were living with at least one parent who exhibited harmful drinking behaviour or who had a possible alcohol dependence (AUDIT score of 16 or more) and 83% did not live in a household with a parent who exhibited hazardous, harmful drinking behaviour or who had a possible alcohol dependence.

Question reference: S6W-31157

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address any barriers that prevent women from accessing support and rehabilitation services for drug misuse.