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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 2 July 2025
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Question reference: S2W-18737

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 12 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board has spent from capital in order to balance its budget in each of the last three financial years.

Question reference: S2W-18739

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much debt each NHS board had accumulated at the end of the last financial year.

Question reference: S2W-18740

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has written off any of the accumulated debts of NHS boards since 1999 and, if so, of which boards, by how much and when.

Question reference: S2W-18738

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a policy on the use of non-recurring monies to fund the revenue budgets of NHS boards.

Question reference: S2W-18742

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to implement changes to the Arbuthnott formula.

Question reference: S2W-18460

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 5 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when Cruise Scotland last published its accounts.

Question reference: S2W-18483

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to discuss the implementation of "single status" schemes with (a) individual local authorities such as Aberdeen City Council or Moray Council or (b) COSLA.

Question reference: S2W-18484

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the implications for local authorities and their budgets of the recent rulings on equal pay in England.

Question reference: S2W-18461

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 5 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions about tourism challenge funding for golf cruises.

Question reference: S2W-18459

  • Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 5 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Cruise Scotland and what issues were discussed.