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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 3 November 2025
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Question reference: S1W-19198

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any department of the Scottish Prison Service at any stage requested or required any change to the design of HMP Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-19195

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions Scottish Prison Service officers have been called to HM Prison Kilmarnock due to prisoner disturbances.

Question reference: S1W-19196

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what payments have been made by Premier Prison Services for the services of senior officers of the Scottish Prison Service in each month since the prison was opened.

Question reference: S1W-19223

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the figures in the 2000 Scottish Crime Survey will be broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-19226

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why the full results of the 2000 Crime Survey have not yet been published.

Question reference: S1W-19197

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cost to the Scottish Prison Service of checking the design of HM Prison Kilmarnock with regard to security or for any other reason was taken into account in the price agreed with the construction company of the prison.

Question reference: S1W-19424

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when each of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency's vessels were last entered into dry dock for maintenance.

Question reference: S1W-19422

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when each of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency's vessels will enter dry dock for maintenance.

Question reference: S1W-19421

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which company holds the contract to maintain the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency's vessels.

Question reference: S1W-19423

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost for each of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency's vessels to be entered into dry dock for maintenance.