'scant guidance' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to little or limited guidance. For example: "The teacher provided scant guidance on the essay writing assignment, leaving it up to the students to figure out the structure."
Mr. Paterson's own record provides scant guidance.
Apparently, Mr. Mack will receive scant guidance from his predecessor.
The Resolution Trust Corporation of the early 1990s provides scant guidance on how to proceed.
State and local officials, however, say they have received scant guidance about the new law.
The July stress tests, which did not allow for sovereign defaults, offer scant guidance.
Cordelle, in turn, was given scant guidance for managing a trading desk; his priorities were undefined and his supervisory techniques were never examined by his superior.
But according to civil rights advocates, there is scant evidence that the guidance ever made schools less safe, and repealing the guidance will help perpetuate the school-to-prison pipeline.
This article provides an example of EA procedures when such guidance is scant in the literature.
Indeed, with other stimulus measures scant, the Fed's psychological guidance has become an important weapon in its arsenal.
The depth of the despair for both parties is amplified given the scant (dare I say nonexistent) guidance for either "doctor" or "patient" in dealing with this very heartbreaking situation, especially as the doctor declines.
Related scholarly activity has increased exponentially since the 1980s, but there is scant research about its efficacy and no guidance on what constitutes the gold standard for practice.
