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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 14 May 2025
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Question reference: S1W-11671

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 10 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2491 by Mr Jim Wallace on 25 November 1999, whether it now has any plans for the creation or use of any privately owned and operated prisons other than Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-11673

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 10 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why, given reports that Dumfries Young Offenders Institution may close, an assurance was recently given to me by the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service that it would not be closed.

Question reference: S1W-11672

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 10 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Prison Service intends to close a further five prisons including Dumfries Young Offenders Institute.

Question reference: S1W-11337

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 10 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make funding available to assist local authorities to undertake PPPs in order to repair and rebuild schools and, if so, whether an announcement to this effect will be made in the near future.

Question reference: S1W-11390

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-2431 by Nicol Stephen on 2 November 2000, whether the working group on deferred entry to pre-school education has now reported and, if so, when its conclusions will be made available to the Parliament.

Question reference: S1W-12092

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 3 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current funding settlement for further education colleges includes an element for increasing salaries and wages in line with inflation and, if so, what percentage increase is assumed.

Question reference: S1W-11778

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 20 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to measure the quality of drinking water.

Question reference: S1W-11344

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed the issue of discretionary bursaries with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and, if so, what conclusions were reached.

Question reference: S1W-11675

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 14 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what support its Rural Affairs Department provided or plans to provide in revenue and capital support for each Scottish Agricultural and Biological Research Institute in 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 and how many personnel were, are and will be employed at each institute in each of these years.

Question reference: S1W-11634

  • Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many households in each local authority area are liable to pay council tax and how many 2000-01 council tax reminders each local authority has issued to date.