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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 6 April 2026
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Question reference: S2W-25170

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding tax incentives to maintain and encourage creative artists in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-25167

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number, extent and identity have been of fields and play areas lost in the City of Edinburgh since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-25169

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 8 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has over the Civil Nuclear Constabulary’s operations in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-25141

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has given to football in each year since 1999 and which organisations received any such funding.

Question reference: S2W-25468

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many instances there have been of prisoners who have been released or granted bail following a court appearance being returned by Reliance to the prison in which they were originally incarcerated, providing details of each instance, including the (a) date of the incident, (b) prisoner involved, (c) prison involved, (d) court involved and (e) amount of time the prisoner was detained after being released or granted bail by the court.

Question reference: S2W-25078

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences involving the (a) use, (b) presentation or (c) possession of imitation firearms there were in the city of Edinburgh in each year since 2001.

Question reference: S2W-25086

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 5 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people currently serve on more than one non-departmental public body (NDPB) and what NDPBs these are; what remuneration each of these persons receive from each NDPB; whether any of these persons are politically affiliated, and how long each person has served on each NDPB.

Question reference: S2W-25067

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many call centres there were in each year since 2001.

Question reference: S2W-25052

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many custodial sentences were imposed by Edinburgh Sheriff Court in each year from 1998 to 2005.

Question reference: S2W-25053

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 May 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of the Scottish Prison Service are currently absent from work having been medically diagnosed as suffering from (a) stress, (b) work-related stress or (c) a stress-related condition.