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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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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 16 June 2025
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Question reference: S1W-28702

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27734 by Mr Jim Wallace on 15 August 2002, whether it will detail all items worth #1,000 or over that comprised part of the fixtures, fittings and equipment of the buildings of former HM Prison Zeist and were removed for reuse by the Scottish Prison Service prior to the buildings' return to the Netherlands Government.

Question reference: S1W-28734

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the accounting treatment has been in the Scottish Prison Service annual accounts of the waiver of an obligation on the contractor to secure insurance under paragraph 6.10 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-29916

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports of offences under sections 68(1), (2), (3) and (5) and 69(1) and (2) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 were marked no proceedings in respect of each category recognised by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service computer in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-29725

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any target for increasing the value of drugs sei'ures.

Question reference: S1W-29769

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to answer each of questions S1W-24120, S1W-24629, S1W-25174 and S1W-25568.

Question reference: S1W-29770

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its contracts for education services in each prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service.

Question reference: S1W-29766

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many persons were proceeded against under section 142 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last five years, broken down by age and sheriff court district.

Question reference: S1W-29767

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a table showing the number of people under 21 with a charge proved, for whom the disposal of the court was (a) custody in a young offenders institution, (b) detention of a child, (c) an insanity or hospital order, (d) a community service order, (e) probation, (f) a fine, (g) a compensation order, (h) admonition or caution, (i) remit to children's hearing and (j) an absolute discharge in each of the last five years, broken down by gender and the age groups (i) under-16s and (ii) 16-to 20-year-olds.

Question reference: S1W-29726

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any target for increasing the weight of drugs sei'ures.

Question reference: S1W-30310

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences under sections (a) 3(1), (b) 4(1) and (c) 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 the police have recorded in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.