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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 1 April 2026
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Question reference: S1W-24347

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what total fees (a) have been paid and (b) are now due for work by external consultants employed on the Scottish Prison Service'ss Estates Review.

Question reference: S1W-24564

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 18 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties were converted into sheltered housing complexes by social landlords other than local authorities and by private developers in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

Question reference: S1W-24565

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 18 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new sheltered housing complexes were built by social landlords other than local authorities and by private developers in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

Question reference: S1W-24729

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Legal Aid Board has undertaken a comparative exercise on the value of work now being performed under the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, applying Schedule 1 of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989 and, if so, what the results were.

Question reference: S1W-24728

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the Scottish Legal Aid Board considers that a block fee regime would encourage additional usage of the courts in civil legal aid matters and what evaluations have been undertaken on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-24568

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 15 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties were converted into sheltered housing complexes by local authorities in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

Question reference: S1W-24629

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24120 by Mr Jim Wallace on 27 March 2002, whether it will specify all the omissions from the published version of the contract on HM Prison Kilmarnock in each case showing in which part of the contract the omissions were made, what information has been omitted and on what grounds it was omitted.

Question reference: S1W-24354

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12540 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 February 2001, what methodology it used to calculate the net present value for HM Prison Kilmarnock and what assumptions were made in regard to the rate of inflation, interest rates and any other relevant factor.

Question reference: S1W-24355

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12540 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 February 2001, what its (a) base case, (b) best case and (c) worst case estimates were for the cost of HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-24353

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12540 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 February 2001, what methodology is used to estimate the cost of the Scottish Prison Service's provision of a custodial service equivalent to that provided at HM Prison Kilmarnock, detailing the assumptions made with regard to the calculation of net present value, inflation rates, interest rates, design costs, construction costs, financing costs, staff costs and any other relevant costs.