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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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 9 June 2026
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Question reference: S3W-05378

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures of NHS output it records and where comparative annual figures for each measure are published.

Question reference: S3W-05053

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under the proposed restructuring of the enterprise network, Scottish Enterprise will have the same breadth of remit as Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Question reference: S3W-05052

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-866 by Stewart Stevenson on 21 June 2007, what the current projected cost is of construction of the Borders railway.

Question reference: S3W-05361

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Treasury has consulted the Executive with a view to undertaking a study of relative spending needs.

Question reference: S3W-05310

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 15 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, how it will ensure that local control of tourism strategy is retained in a hub network of six areas.

Question reference: S3W-04308

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when the due diligence review of the Borders Railway by Transport Scotland is expected to be completed; to whom it will report, and whether the report will be published in full.

Question reference: S3W-04405

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of requests received by it under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 from members of the public were answered within the statutory time limit in each month since January 2005, broken down by department and month of receipt of the request.

Question reference: S3W-04407

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of requests received by it under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 from journalists were answered within the statutory time limit in each month since January 2005, broken down by department and month of receipt of the request.

Question reference: S3W-04403

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests it has received under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 in each month since January 2005, broken down by department and showing the number lodged by (a) members of the public, (b) MPs, MSPs, MEPs, councillors and Members of the House of Lords and (c) journalists.

Question reference: S3W-04406

  • Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of requests received by it under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 from MPs, MSPs, MEPs, councillors and members of the House of Lords were answered within the statutory time limit in each month since January 2005, broken down by department and month of receipt of the request.