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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S2W-23200

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the concessionary travel scheme for pensioners and disabled island residents to include air travel as well as travel by Caledonian Macbrayne ferries, in light of the proposed introduction of aid of a social character to assist with the cost of flights to the islands.

Question reference: S2W-23207

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates have been made of the potential impact on the local economy of the highlands and islands if public service obligations incorporating reduced fares were introduced on flights to the highlands and islands from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness

Question reference: S2W-23195

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of its block grant under each previous settlement was received as a consequence of EU funding allocations to HM Treasury, broken down by settlement.

Question reference: S2W-23231

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the advice the UK National Statistician and Registrar General has been followed since he wrote on 29 September 2004 to the Chief Statistician in relation to the National Statistics status of Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland (GERS) stating that the Executive "will of course want to ensure that the limitations of the data and the assumptions are made available to inform users, and that guidance is provided about what GERS should and should not be used for.".

Question reference: S2W-23227

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions it has not referred to the UK National Statistician and Registrar Generals caveats contained in his letter of 29 September 2004 to the Chief Statistician when discussing, debating or writing about Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-23230

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what its understanding is in respect of what Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland data “should and should not be used for”, as referred to by the UK National Statistician and Registrar General in his letter of 29 September 2004 to the Chief Statistician.

Question reference: S2W-23226

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the advice the UK National Statistician and Registrar General has been followed since he wrote on 29 September 2004 to the Chief Statistician in relation to the National Statistics status of Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland (GERS) stating that the Executive “will of course want to ensure that the limitations of the data and the assumptions are made available to inform users, and that guidance is provided about what GERS should and should not be used for”

Question reference: S2W-23228

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that the caveats referred to by the UK National Statistician and Registrar General in his letter of 29 September 2004 to the Chief Statistician will be communicated to users of Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland data.

Question reference: S2W-23229

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that users of Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland (GERS) data pass on in turn the caveats referred to by the UK National Statistician and Registrar General in respect of the “limitations of the data and the assumptions” and guidance about “what GERS should and should not be used for”

Question reference: S2W-23172

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional financial support is made available to the Highland Council as a result of the number of rural primary schools for which it is responsible.