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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 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S1W-14864

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed by the Scottish Tourist Board and visitscotland in each year since 1995.

Question reference: S1W-14860

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what directions and guidance it has given to local enterprise companies regarding the expenditure of the #5 million allocated to the tourist industry as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

Question reference: S1W-14862

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were employed in each tourist information centre in each year since 1995, broken down by area tourist board.

Question reference: S1W-14861

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local enterprise company will receive from the #5 million allocated for the tourist industry as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.

Question reference: S1W-14859

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made and to whom to secure new direct flights into Scotland to address the effect of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak on the tourism sector.

Question reference: S1W-14857

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by the Scottish Tourist Board and visitscotland on (a) staff, (b) marketing and (c) accommodation in each year since 1995.

Question reference: S1W-14856

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when the additional #5 million for visitscotland for marketing purposes will be made available.

Question reference: S1W-14122

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 19 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were subject to secure orders on the nights of 6 January, 3 February and 3 March 2001 and, of these, how many were not in secure units, broken down by local authority area in each case.

Question reference: S1W-14729

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 17 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by the Scottish Tourist Board and visitscotland in promoting direct air routes into Scotland on low cost or other carriers and what routes were involved, in each year since 1995.

Question reference: S1W-14731

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 17 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by the Scottish Tourist Board and visitscotland in marketing Scotland in (a) the USA, (b) Canada, (c) Germany, (d) Italy, (e) France, (f) the Netherlands and (g) Belgium, in each year since 1995.