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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 16 March 2026
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Question reference: S2W-22471

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive who appointed Julia Bracewell as the Scottish representative on the Nations and Regions Group for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Question reference: S2W-22474

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21642 by Patricia Ferguson on 13 January 2006, whether this indicates that it has been given no indication that the decision of the Scottish Football Association not to participate in a British football team will lead to the withdrawal of Hampden Park as a venue for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Question reference: S2W-22464

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21640 by Patricia Ferguson on 12 January 2006 which refers to the “benefits to a nation from hosting the Olympic Games” as being “well established”, how this relates to the Executive’s responsibility to represent the national interest of Scotland, given that no future Olympic Games assigned a host city is within Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-22071

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made with the re-introduction of individual learning accounts; how many delivery organisations are participating in the scheme; what the breakdown is of participating learners by delivery agent, area and subject; how many employees have participated in the scheme, broken down by size of company and Local Enterprise Company (LEC) area; whether it will provide a breakdown and overall totals of the grants awarded; what outcomes such grants have achieved or are expected to achieve; whether there have been any complaints about the design or delivery of the scheme; which LEC areas are covered by the scheme; what budget has been allocated to the scheme in each of the financial years in which it has been operating; how much has actually been spent in each financial year; what budget has been set aside for the scheme in 2006-07; how many consultants have been involved in the scheme in each LEC area; what the total cost of these consultants has been in each financial year; whether the scheme has been evaluated and, if so, what the outcome was; who undertook any such evaluation and at what cost, and what the Executive's plans are for the future of the scheme.

Question reference: S2W-21891

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government in respect of the request by the Council of Europe for its members to communicate any knowledge they have regarding the transfer of individuals across European borders by the CIA as part of the process of extraordinary rendition in respect of any such transfers occurring within Scottish jurisdiction.

Question reference: S2W-22523

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 25 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how the proceeds of landfill tax are distributed within Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-22364

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 25 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21634 by Cathy Jamieson on 16 January 2006, whether any of its departments or agencies outwith the Scottish Prison Service hold information on comparative prison staff turnover in each (a) OECD nation and (b) EU member state.

Question reference: S2W-22334

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 25 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-21579 and S2W-21580 by Cathy Jamieson on 22 December 2005, whether these indicate that the Executive’s position is that it would expect the police to take action in the circumstances referred to in the questions.

Question reference: S2W-22353

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-21304 and S2W-21305 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether it will confirm that the number of bidders for the A68 Dalkeith Bypass tender is now reduced to two and that the tenders for the third generation term contracts for management and maintenance of the Scottish trunk network for the north west and south west units let on 8 December 2005 had only two bidders each, and whether these developments might lead the Executive to reconsider these answers.

Question reference: S2W-22333

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 25 January 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21577 by Cathy Jamieson on 22 December 2005, whether it has given specific consideration to the opinions expressed by Lord Steyn.