Skip to main content
What's on Watch Parliament TV
Main navigation
Loading…

Chamber and committees

Questions and answers

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

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
Answer status
Question type
Clear search

Displaying 2611 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S1W-30428

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what funds or assistance it provides to enable children to visit outdoor centres in rural areas of Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-30426

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what strategy it has to enable children to visit rural areas of Scotland and participate in outdoor pursuits.

Question reference: S1W-30427

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many schoolchildren have attended a course at an outdoor centre (a) in and (b) outwith Scotland in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S1W-30429

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have owned or operated outdoor centres for the benefit of schoolchildren in their areas in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S1W-30357

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 30 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what budget was (a) allocated and (b) spent by (i) Scottish Enterprise and (ii) Highlands and Islands Enterprise in each year since 1997 and how many staff were employed in the tourism section of each in each quarter of each year since 1997.

Question reference: S1W-30794

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the existing law is on prostitution and what powers police forces have to enforce the law on soliciting, kerb crawling and prostitution.

Question reference: S1W-30354

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 29 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any regional selective assistance or any other public support given to IBM was made conditional upon use being made of the new Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-30424

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29140 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 October 2002, how many of the unruly certificate remands listed were (a) issued by a police inspector or higher graded officer and (b) resulted in (i) detention by (1) the police and (2) social work services and (ii) no further action.

Question reference: S1W-29639

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each railway station and provide any information it has on who owns and operates each station.

Question reference: S1W-29145

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Elaine Murray on 23 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it and the former Scottish Office gave to football in each year since 1997 and which organisations received any such funding.