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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 22 May 2025
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Question reference: S1W-11830

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to introduce a central register of people diagnosed with autism.

Question reference: S1W-11985

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many internal cases of (i) racial discrimination, (ii) racial harassment, (iii) sexual discrimination and (iv) sexual harassment in the police force were reported; (b) how many of these cases were investigated, and (c) how many of these cases resulted in prosecution in each year since 1995, broken down by police force

Question reference: S1W-12118

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any employees of the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health have any declared interests in (a) SmithKline Beecham, (b) SmithKline and French and French Laboratories, (c) Merck Sharpe and Dohme, (d) Pasteur Merieux and (e) Wellcome Foundation and whether it will detail what these interests are.

Question reference: S1W-12008

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive for what medical reason the licensing of single antigen measles and mumps vaccines is denied.

Question reference: S1W-12006

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to raise public awareness of the existence and symptoms of autism and Aspergers Syndrome and to improve performance in diagnosis and assessment.

Question reference: S1W-12010

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children in total and as a percentage of the total number of children have received the MMR vaccination in (a) this year and (b) each of the five previous years, broken down by health board.

Question reference: S1W-12011

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which attenuated viruses are used in the creation of the MMR vaccine and for which diseases.

Question reference: S1W-12009

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current MMR vaccine used by the NHS is the same kind and type as that authorised for use in the USA and which manufacturers are used as suppliers of the vaccine, broken down by health board.

Question reference: S1W-12007

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current cost is per child of the MMR vaccine.

Question reference: S1W-11834

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many special educational needs units within state schools have closed from 1997 to 2000.