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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 14 October 2025
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Question reference: S1W-06307

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of all applications for Freight Facilities Grant funding received to date, including those applications which did not receive funding, specifying in each case why funding was not granted.

Question reference: S1W-06306

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail all of the projects for which funding has been allocated from the Freight Facilities Grant, including in particular the value of grants given to date; how much of the #18.3 million available for Freight Facilities Grants from 1999-2000 to 2001-02 remains to be allocated, and how many road-miles are expected to be made unnecessary as a result of projects funded through the Freight Facilities Grant, broken down by project.

Question reference: S1O-01732

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the capital expenditure on school buildings in each of the last four years and how this expenditure compares to expenditure on information technology in schools in each of the past four years.

Question reference: S1O-01667

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 11 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reconsider the planning guidelines for opencast mining operations.

Question reference: S1W-06305

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the number, nature and expenditure of projects undertaken or assisted by the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society.

Question reference: S1W-06303

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit of the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS) is; how much funding it will give SAOS in the current year and in each of the next two years, and what measures are being undertaken to evaluate the work of SAOS.

Question reference: S1W-06304

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the number and location of marketing co-operatives which have been established as a consequence of Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society activity.

Question reference: S1W-05487

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of revenue support grant was allocated through the 2000-01 local government finance settlement to allow councils to tackle the problem of dog fouling.

Question reference: S1W-05488

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of staff are employed within each local authority with the specific remit of tackling dog fouling.

Question reference: S1W-05485

  • Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been prosecuted in respect of dog fouling offences in each of the past three years, broken down by region.