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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 8 June 2025
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Question reference: S4W-17730

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board considered the cost of delivering training at each of its training sites before proposing the rationalisation of its training facilities.

Question reference: S4W-17729

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will receive the proceeds of the proposed sale of the Scottish Fire Service College at Gullane.

Question reference: S4W-17731

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has made of the potential financial impact on the local community of the closure of the Scottish Fire Service College at Gullane.

Question reference: S4W-17728

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board has given to the provision of residential accommodation and catering facilities at its proposed new national training centre in Cambuslang and what assessment it has made of the potential cost.

Question reference: S4W-17726

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government where fire service training will be delivered for the east of Scotland if the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service closes its facilities at Gullane, Thornton and Maddiston.

Question reference: S4W-17727

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board has given to the provision of residential accommodation at fire service training facilities following closure of the Scottish Fire Service College at Gullane and what assessment it has made of the potential cost.

Question reference: S4O-02527

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the costs and processes involved in renationalising the Royal Mail in an independent Scotland and with whom it has consulted.

Question reference: S4O-02501

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding proposals to close the Fire Service College at Gullane.

Question reference: S4W-17386

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients in NHS Lothian are awaiting assessment of their suitability for deep brain stimulation surgery.

Question reference: S4W-17389

  • Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients resident in Scotland have received deep brain stimulation surgery in (a) Scotland and (b) England in each year since 2007.