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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 16 June 2025
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Question reference: S1W-30308

  • 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 why no performance measure in schedule F 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 relates to the number of fires in the prison.

Question reference: S1W-30106

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22602 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 February 2002, how many High Court cases in (a) Scotland and (b) each court have been postponed on the day of commencement due to technicalities or other reasons and what the estimated cost was resulting from such postponements in each case in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03 to date.

Question reference: S1W-30109

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the cost of civil court business, including judicial costs, was recovered by the Scottish Court Service through fees in each financial year since 1998-99.

Question reference: S1W-30055

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 17 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why the number of proceedings taken by procurators fiscal in cases of vandalism fell as a proportion of cases cleared up by the police between 1997 and 2000.

Question reference: S1W-30312

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 17 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports to procurators fiscal were marked no proceedings for reasons of (a) time-bar, (b) delay by the police/reporting agency, (c) lack of court resources, (d) procurator fiscal staff shortage and (e) delay by the procurator fiscal in each of the last five years, broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S1W-29752

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of approved activities has been in each year since 1999-2000, as referred to in target 7 in the justice section of Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys.

Question reference: S1W-29275

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the commitment given by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice to the Justice 1 Committee on 6 June 2002 (Official Report, col 3821) to reflect on the idea of a not-for-profit trust to own and operate new prisons and to consider whether it could be taken forward, what conclusion the Minister has reached.

Question reference: S1W-30223

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made in the Perth and Kinross Council area to date under its central heating installation programme; how many of these applications have been approved, and how many have now been carried out.

Question reference: S1W-29742

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of summary criminal cases in the sheriff court were completed within 20 weeks of first calling in each of the last three financial years and in 2002-03 to date, broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S1W-29771

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs of education services were in each prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service in each of the last five years.