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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37648

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 19 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will assess any impact that the closure of Axis Studios and the reported loss of 160 jobs has had on the animation studio sector in Glasgow, and what information it holds on how many people who lost their jobs as a result of the closure have gained new employment with local digital and technology companies, in light of recent reports that Halon Entertainment plans to open a new animation studio in Glasgow and create up to 250 jobs in the next three years.

Question reference: S6W-38261

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm whether the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit's budget has been reduced by 3%, or just over £30,000.

Question reference: S6W-38264

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the current full reserve list of projects for the 2025-26 Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF).

Question reference: S6O-04771

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider its policy to not use public money to support the manufacture of munitions in order that Scottish Enterprise can reconsider the eligibility of the £2.5 million grant funding towards the £11 million investment in a new naval welding centre on the Clyde, led by Rolls-Royce.

Question reference: S6W-37803

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for the publication of its medium-term financial framework for the Health and Social Care portfolio, in light of the recommendations made by Audit Scotland in the NHS in Scotland 2024 report. 

Question reference: S6W-37802

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the question S6W-37468 by Jenni Minto on 19 May 2025, whether any work has taken place internally on potentially extending restrictions to smoke-free places, and, if so, what restrictions are currently being considered.

Question reference: S6W-37804

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations made by Audit Scotland in the NHS in Scotland 2024 report, whether it has plans to publish clear and transparent annual progress reports on the work to reform NHS services. 

Question reference: S6W-37805

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has communicated lessons learned from the process of negotiating the end of private finance initiative contracts to NHS boards, as per the recommendations in the NHS in Scotland 2024 report by Audit Scotland. 

Question reference: S6W-37781

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to expand the deployment of solar panels across the NHS Scotland estate.

Question reference: S6W-37760

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Scotland's Railway should utilise surplus steel, in light of reports that there is several million pounds worth of surplus steel from the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme in long-term storage at Bridgeton Yard.