Skip to main content
What's on Watch Parliament TV
Main navigation
Loading…

Chamber and committees

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

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 17 December 2025
Answer status
Question type
Clear search

Displaying 528 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S1W-23032

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred in respect of policing the demonstrations at Faslane during the week commencing 11 February 2002.

Question reference: S1W-23034

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of allocating resources to policing demonstrations at Faslane during the week commencing 11 February 2002 has been on day-to-day policing throughout Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-22583

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 25 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why, after several refusals to do so previously, it has abandoned its defence in respect of the appeal by Ayr United Football Club regarding the rejection of the club's original stadium planning application.

Question reference: S1W-22610

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 14 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will now confirm (a) approval of the planning decision taken by South Ayrshire Council on 30 June 1999 for the development at Heathfield in Ayr, which includes a new stadium for Ayr United Football Club, or (b) acceptance of recommendations made by the Inquiry Reporters Unit in respect of this planning decision.

Question reference: S1W-21431

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 28 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many claims for individual learning account (ILA) payments are currently outstanding; how many such claims have been made by providers of training courses linked to ILAs for more than (a) six and (b) 12 months, and how many such providers have on more than one occasion had their services confirmed as valid by (i) learndirect scotland and (ii) Scottish Enterprise.

Question reference: S1W-21430

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1F-1501 by Mr Jack McConnell on 20 December 2001, what the names are of the learning providers who will be paid before the end of this month.

Question reference: S1W-21432

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 December 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many learning providers that have never been the subject of any validity checks by (a) learndirect scotland and (b) Scottish Enterprise have submitted claims in respect of individual learning accounts and how many claims such providers have made.

Question reference: S1F-01501

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 20 December 2001

To ask the First Minister what action is being taken to validate existing learning provider claims for Individual Learning Accounts payments to enable these providers to meet their wage bills prior to the end of 2001.

Question reference: S1W-20484

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what systems were in place to track any false claimants of Individual Learning Accounts.

Question reference: S1W-20483

  • Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence led to the suspension of Individual Learning Accounts on 23 November 2001.