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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 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S3W-26126

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 July 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank Mulholland on 4 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures were issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in June 2009, broken down by sheriff court.

Question reference: S3W-26511

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the longest waiting time between sentence and the commencement of a community service order was in the Lothians in each quarter since May 2007, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-26407

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people prosecuted in 2007-08 for handling an offensive weapon had a criminal record at the time of prosecution, broken down by (a) police force area and (b) most recent offence.

Question reference: S3W-26406

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25887 by Kenny MacAskill on 10 August 2009, what disposals were issued to the 67 people who committed the offence of handling an offensive weapon while on bail.

Question reference: S3W-26408

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) prosecuted in 2007-08 for handling an offensive weapon and (b) on bail at the time of the offence, broken down by police force area.

Question reference: S3W-26420

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the total cost of drafting, researching, printing, production and distribution of the document, An Oil Fund for Scotland: Taking forward our National Conversation.

Question reference: S3W-26419

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were in part-time work in each quarter of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-26391

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how retail vacancy rates in Scotland compare with those in England and Wales.

Question reference: S3W-26335

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 31 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what factors have resulted in the difference between the latest cost estimate for the Forth Replacement Crossing and the cost estimate for the previous design of the crossing.

Question reference: S3W-26332

  • Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 31 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest cost estimate is for the Forth Replacement Crossing.