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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 13 July 2025
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Question reference: S2W-29391

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convicted drug offenders are participating in rehabilitation schemes in prison.

Question reference: S2W-28975

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what average hourly rate has been paid by it to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.

Question reference: S2W-28977

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much income generated by private finance consortiums through selling equity stakes has been passed on to public authorities to build PFI/PPP hospitals.

Question reference: S2W-28971

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many death certificates in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 mentioned clostridium difficile and, of these, how many listed clostridium difficile as the underlying cause of death.

Question reference: S2W-28969

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to close any loopholes permitting PFI/PPP contract holders to avoid paying taxes on these contracts.

Question reference: S2W-28976

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the owners of all PFI/PPP hospitals.

Question reference: S2W-28982

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the mean length of stay was for patients admitted to hospital in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-28972

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many deaths (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA was recorded as a contributory factor in each year since 2002, broken down by hospital and expressed also as a proportion of all deaths.

Question reference: S2W-28980

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial help is available to those who wish to travel a long distance to visit relatives in hospitals and what steps it is taking to publicise this financial help among patients.

Question reference: S2W-28983

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people per 100,000 have been on NHS waiting lists in each year since 1997.