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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-27288

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have used their powers under section 14C(1) of the Public Order Act 1986 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27284

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have used their powers under section 69(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27283

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports of offences to the procurator fiscal, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been under section 68(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27281

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports of offences to the procurator fiscal, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been under section 65(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27289

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports of offences to the procurator fiscal, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been under section 14C(3) of the Public Order Act 1986 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27278

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports of offences to the procurator fiscal, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been under section 63(6) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27276

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many sei'ures of property there have been under section 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-27280

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions police have used their powers under section 65(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since the section came into force.

Question reference: S1W-24978

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the costs of tendering for the envisaged private build, private operate prisons have been included in the price per prisoner place shown in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-24976

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the Scottish Prison Service estates review, what the estimated cost will be to the Executive of the entire process of tendering for three new private prisons, detailing each head of costs.