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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-41417

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding the release of reserve funds to pension scheme members of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-41761

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are to improve workplace training in psychiatric care settings, including on de-escalation techniques and trust-building.

Question reference: S6W-41760

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a timescale for the designation of the Mental Welfare Commission as the appropriate monitoring body of the use of restraint and seclusion in children’s psychiatric care facilities.

Question reference: S6W-41758

Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to investigate and respond to reports that Rockstar Games has dismissed staff for joining a workplace union, and how it can ensure that workers' rights to unionise are protected under Scottish employment law.

Question reference: S6W-41737

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the share of successful awards for the Future Farming Investment Scheme was reportedly 38.22% for Ministerial Priority Groups.

Question reference: S6W-41759

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the guidance accompanying the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 stating that it did not "set out any minimum or maximum geographic size or area that can be covered by a firework control zone, or the cumulative area that a local authority may designate as a firework control zone(s) within its boundaries”, whether a local authority would be prohibited from designating a control zone covering the whole of its area.

Question reference: S6W-41747

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36723 by Fiona Hyslop on 6 May 2025, whether it will provide an update on Scottish Enterprise’s engagement with companies in the electric vehicle and battery processing industries.

Question reference: S6W-41750

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many school additional support needs professionals there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-41755

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the evacuation of classrooms due to disruptive behaviour from pupils, and how many times classrooms have been evacuated due to such behaviour in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-41748

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 07 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Health Information Integrity Strategy aims to ensure that public information about the risks of alcohol consumption is not influenced by the alcohol industry.