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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Question reference: S6W-43194

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 3 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many men completed the Caledonian System programme in 2024-25.

Question reference: S6W-43280

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it became aware of suspected issues with the water system at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Question reference: S6W-43283

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the statement by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde at the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry that “Pressure was applied to open the [Queen Elizabeth University] hospital on time and on budget, and it is now clear that the hospital opened too early. It was not ready”, and whether any Scottish Ministers applied such pressure.

Question reference: S6W-43277

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its presentation of the local government settlement announced in its draft Budget 2026-27 as a fair deal risks overstating local authorities’ room for manoeuvre when they are facing ongoing cost pressures that were funded through in-year top-ups in 2025–26.

Question reference: S6W-43288

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42412 by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025, what guidance it provides to officials on whether information that is available for release through Freedom of Information legislation should also be provided in response to a parliamentary question.

Question reference: S6W-43272

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide information on the reason why (a) it uses the Autumn Budget Revision (ABR) when presenting year-on-year changes in portfolio funding and (b) a different approach has been applied to local government funding in the calculation of the claimed 2% real-terms increase.

Question reference: S6W-43298

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason eligibility for the First Minister’s Start Up Challenge is restricted to only young people from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds, and what assessment it has made of the impact this restriction will have on other entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30.

Question reference: S6W-43281

Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it ever ordered that any senior managers at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde be dismissed as a result of issues surrounding the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, including the safety of the water system.

Question reference: S6W-43275

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its presentation of the local government settlement is consistent with recent independent analysis that suggests that the real-terms increase is closer to 0.4% once in-year transfers are rebased.

Question reference: S6W-43290

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what training it provides to its officials responsible for drafting answers to parliamentary questions, and whether this includes training delivered by officials responsible for responding to Freedom of Information requests.