Questions and answers
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-42583
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the recommendations of the independent review of community learning and development on the effective delivery of ESOL classes for displaced people, particularly in relation to expanding community-based language learning.
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Question reference: S6W-42554
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of potential liabilities for site remediation at Grangemouth Refinery.
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Question reference: S6W-42553
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask the Scottish Prison Service to commission the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, or a similar body, to carry out a feasibility study for the adaptive reuse of the buildings at HMP Barlinnie, which were recently designated as Category A listed, when the site is no longer operational as a prison.
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Question reference: S6W-42572
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address recent reports that 90% of people with disabilities do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity.
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Question reference: S6W-42564
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42124 by Angela Constance on 9 December 2025, whether it will provide a breakdown of the specific grounds that led to Scottish Prison Service staff being removed, dismissed, or blocked from taking up employment due to security concerns, including how many cases involved (a) known or suspected links to organised crime, (b) intelligence provided by Police Scotland, (c) corruption or integrity risks, (d) involvement in contraband-related activity and (e) association with serving prisoners, in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-42542
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to work with other UK nations to develop a consistent approach to the confirmation process in Scotland, equivalent to probate in England, for executors to get authority to manage and distribute a deceased person's estate, in light of reported concerns from residents in the Edinburgh Western constituency that there are differences in the process in Scotland and England.
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Question reference: S6W-42551
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) NHS Lothian, (b) the City of Edinburgh Council and (c) housing developers regarding ensuring that new housing developments in the south of Edinburgh are supported by adequate GP provision, in light of reports that Edinburgh is short of more than 10,000 GP places.
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Question reference: S6W-42561
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any special adviser provided advice or guidance on how the Scottish Government should handle or respond to the concerns raised by Professor Alexis Jay on 26 September 2025, including any recommendation regarding whether the parliamentary record should be corrected.
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Question reference: S6W-42555
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the state purchasing land and property at Grangemouth Refinery, to facilitate and control new industrial development.
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Question reference: S6W-42573
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reported concerns that 40% of people with disabilities are worried their benefits will be removed if they are seen to be more active.
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