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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.

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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: S2W-13958

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-88 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, what the value of fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties sent to HM Treasury was in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-14084

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) motoring and (b) speeding offences have been committed by foreign nationals in each year since 1999 and, of these, how many were prosecuted successfully.

Question reference: S2W-13924

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 11 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-4935 by Patricia Ferguson on 20 January 2005, where the artificial pitches are being developed; what size these pitches will be; what the manufacturing details are of the turf to be used, and what the timescale is for the completion of each pitch.

Question reference: S2W-13875

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the possibility of an increase in people-trafficking as a result of prostitution tolerance zones.

Question reference: S2W-13871

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded convictions there have been for trafficking cocaine in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Dundee, (d) Edinburgh, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-13959

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-89 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, sheriff court fines were outstanding on 31 March (a) 2003 and (b) 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S2W-13957

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-86 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, district court fines were remitted (a) fully or (b) in part in each year since 1999, broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S2W-13965

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-94 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many recorded offences there were under section (a) 68(1), (b) 68(2), (c) 68(3) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2004, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-13961

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-91 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many fines were recovered by civil diligence following the procedure under section 221 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and what proportion this represents of the total number of all fines imposed in 2004, in total and broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S2W-13956

  • Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-85 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, how many, and what value of, fines were written off in each sheriff court district in 2003-04.