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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-05369

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the value of property is within the justice estate that is not in use on a day-to-day basis.

Question reference: S5W-04935

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many defendents represented themselves at sheriff courts in each of the last five years, also broken down by sheriffdom.

Question reference: S5W-04934

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many defendents represented themselves at the high courts in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S5W-04936

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many defendents represented themselves at justice of the peace courts in each of the last five years, also broken down by sheriffdom.

Question reference: S5O-00362

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of Dyslexia Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-03381

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many outpatients in NHS Lanarkshire in each year since 1999 did not attend appointments.

Question reference: S5O-00246

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met local government representatives from the Central Scotland parliamentary region.

Question reference: S5W-03159

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02245 by Michael Matheson on 14 September 2016, if full details of criminal convictions, including with regard to sentencing and the charges that led to the conviction, are not routinely a matter for the public record, whether (a) access to these can be made available on request and, if so, to what extent, or (b) the details are protected under (i) the Data Protection Act 1988 and (ii) other legislation.

Question reference: S5W-03149

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02245 by Michael Matheson on 14 September 2016, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding how the public can access full details of criminal convictions, including with regard to sentencing and the charges that led to the conviction, in the form of an extract conviction.

Question reference: S5W-02303

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 will be commenced.