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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 June 2025
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Question reference: S1W-26076

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25026 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, what the estimated cost of answering the question is.

Question reference: S1W-26081

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-24974 and S1W-24975 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, how the shared costs of the Scottish Prison Service headquarters and the Scottish Prison Service college which were added to the operating costs of the public sector comparator in the Financial Review of the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review were calculated.

Question reference: S1W-25022

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, what (a) the number of staff, (b) the grade of staff and (c) the wages and wage-related costs are for each year of operation in the prison model to which the public service comparator relates.

Question reference: S1W-25020

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, what (a) the risk, (b) the base cost, (c) the impact or overrun threatened, (d) the probability of occurrence, (e) the financial impact calculated and (f) the net present value at 6% are for each risk mentioned in the public service comparator between pages 19 and 24 of that document.

Question reference: S1W-25027

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, what formula was used by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the calculation of net present value, detailed in full.

Question reference: S1W-25024

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Review of Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, whether it will provide charts showing cashflow over the two years of construction and 25 years of operation for each model of the public sector comparator, for the Private Build Private Operate model and for each model of the Private Build Public Operate option.

Question reference: S1W-26055

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the procedure is for the accreditation of counselling programmes at HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-26056

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock make any payment to the Scottish Prison Service for the accreditation of the counselling programmes they are required to develop as referred to in Schedule D sections 12.4.1 and 12.4.2 of their contract.

Question reference: S1W-26057

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what research the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock have carried out so far, as referred to in Schedule D sections 12.4.1 and 12.4.2 of their contract with the Scottish Prison Service.

Question reference: S1W-25875

  • Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 28 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) ad hoc legal staff and (b) casual contract administrative staff, below senior civil service grade, were employed in the Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service in (i) 2001 and (ii) the first four months of 2002 to cover (1) court work and precognition work and (2) administration and precognition work, broken down by procurator fiscal region.