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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 February 2025
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Question reference: S1W-24446

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the microcredit programme is exclusively targeted at women and, if so, in what way and how the programme targets match the terms of the announcement made on International Women's Day on 8 March 2000.

Question reference: S1W-24447

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been disbursed under the microcredit programme in each year from 2000-01 to date.

Question reference: S1W-24410

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the Ministry of Defence and Her Majesty's Government to provide substantial resources for a job creation programme for the areas affected by redundancies at Faslane and Coulport naval dockyards.

Question reference: S1W-25075

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elaine Murray on 16 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with plans to review the location of sportscotland's headquarters as part of its general relocation policy.

Question reference: S1W-24465

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 15 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with its pilot debtline in Fife.

Question reference: S1W-24459

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, officials in its Personnel Division are members of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Question reference: S1W-24489

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 9 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a Central Service Organisation is being established for the money advice sector and what progress is being made on setting up any such organisation.

Question reference: S1O-04987

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how it aims to ensure that looked after young people receive adequate levels of care and support on leaving the care system.

Question reference: S1W-23616

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 26 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to backdating eligibility for exemption from water and sewerage charges for voluntary organisations that lost relief after moving premises.

Question reference: S1W-23988

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of external organisations are currently on secondment to it; to which department each such employee is seconded, and how long each secondment will last.