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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 5 May 2025
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Question reference: S1W-08673

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 25 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total value is of all assets held by the public sector in Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-08669

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 23 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total amount spent by (a) local authorities as a whole and (b) each local authority was in each of the last five years, specified in both real and cash terms.

Question reference: S1W-08118

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 22 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the allocation of funding to the Scottish budget through the Barnett formula in each year for which figures are available, in cash and real terms, is the result of changes in spending in England and Wales specifically related to comparable expenditure in European Structural Funds.

Question reference: S1W-08303

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 22 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list every Private Finance Initiative or Public Private Partnership contract that has involved or is involving public sector organisations in Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-08405

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 22 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what borrowing powers it, its departments and agencies have, specifying in each case the amount of money which may be borrowed, for what purposes money may be borrowed and what authority is required to enable such borrowing to take place.

Question reference: S1W-08422

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 18 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total public sector expenditure on activities related to the delivery of water and sewerage services (a) was in each year for which figures are available and (b) will be in each year for which estimates are available, specified in cash and real terms in each case.

Question reference: S1W-08715

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much borrowing each water authority (a) currently has in place and (b) is seeking, specifying in each case the repayment period agreed or proposed.

Question reference: S1W-08668

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 August 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total income, in cash and real terms, from (a) council tax in each year since its introduction; (b) the community charge in each year it was in existence, and (c) domestic rates in each year for which figures are available was in (i) Scotland as a whole and (ii) each local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-08670

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 31 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much income was received by each local authority in each of the last five years in cash and real terms, broken down by category or source of income.

Question reference: S1W-08420

  • Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers were employed in Scotland, in total and expressed as a full-time equivalent figure, in each year from 1979 to 2000.