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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 17 July 2025
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Question reference: S1W-33193

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a public private partnership is being considered as a method of finance for the construction and maintenance of the A8000 and what guidelines are being given to the Forth Estuary Transport Authority regarding such financing.

Question reference: S1W-33137

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Lothian and Borders Police officers in the City of Edinburgh area have had less than (a) one year's service and (b) two years' service in each year since 1999, broken down by division.

Question reference: S1W-32931

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Mike Watson on 22 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it took to promote Scotland in the light of the world-wide coverage of the Hogmanay festivities and what TV advertising regarding Scotland as a holiday destination was promoted by it, VisitScotland, the British Tourist Authority or any organisation on its behalf.

Question reference: S1W-33194

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources will be made available to local authorities for the local bus travel concessionary fares scheme from April 2003 for extension of the scheme to men aged between 60 and 64, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S1W-32939

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what specifications are being put in the tender documents for the passenger rail franchise regarding the infrastructure and renovation works at Waverley Station.

Question reference: S1W-32940

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the costs of the Waverley Station upgrade will be met through the forthcoming passenger rail franchise.

Question reference: S1W-32929

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers in each division in Lothian and Borders Police are (a) due to retire and (b) expected to leave the force on medical grounds and how many officers are expected to be recruited in each month from April 2003 to April 2004.

Question reference: S1W-32932

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what additional work the closure of the accident and emergency services at the old Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will create for the Scottish Ambulance Service and what additional resources will be provided to deal with any such additional work.

Question reference: S1W-32930

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum number of police officers required per division is in (a) Edinburgh and (b) the Lothian and Borders Police area on a night shift (i) from Sunday to Thursday and (ii) on Friday or Saturday, as defined in the force's risk assessment policy, and on how many occasions these requirements were not met in 2002.

Question reference: S1W-32731

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 January 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received about (a) the estimated value of goods, equipment and property that, in the event of the passenger railway franchise changing, a new franchise would be required to acquire (i) in total and (ii) broken down by category of asset and (b) what such items are.