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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 April 2026
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Question reference: S1W-16922

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers, psychologists, paediatricians, psychiatrists, social workers and general practitioners will need to be trained in awareness and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to ensure that the SIGN 52 guideline is fully implemented.

Question reference: S1W-16937

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the prevalance of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been amongst juvenile offenders in Scotland since 1 January 2001.

Question reference: S1W-16932

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many child and adolescent psychologists are currently working in Scotland broken down by (a) health board area and (b) local education authority area.

Question reference: S1W-16930

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to support parents and carers of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Question reference: S1W-16929

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be an opportunity for parents and carers to request alternative tests for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder such as hair, blood and urine tests.

Question reference: S1W-16925

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how the SIGN guidelines on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder will affect the budgets of local authorities and health boards.

Question reference: S1W-16947

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 8 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the budget of each local authority for 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 and the Executive's contribution to these budgets.

Question reference: S1W-16935

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have received in-service training on the special needs of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-16939

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated average annual cost will be of an individual school intervention programme for children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as recommended in the SIGN 52 guideline assuming (a) 2% prevalence of ADHD and (b) 5% prevalence of ADHD.

Question reference: S1W-16936

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 August 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been among school-age victims of road traffic accidents since 1 January 1999.