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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: S2W-29816

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that the Care Commission and, ultimately, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman undertake timely investigations of complaints regarding nursery inspection reports.

Question reference: S2W-29817

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints in (a) total and (b) respect of early years establishments have been received by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman regarding the Care Commission and what the outcomes of these complaints were.

Question reference: S2W-29818

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 23 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are taken to notify private nurseries of new regulations.

Question reference: S2W-29654

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are applied in testing for drug driving at the side of the road.

Question reference: S2W-29652

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been arrested for drug driving in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-29651

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been stopped for suspected drink or drug driving in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-29653

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been convicted of drug driving in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-29106

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio was of prison wardens to prisoners, broken down by prison, in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001, (f) 2002, (g) 2003, (h) 2004 and (i) 2005 and what the current ratios are.

Question reference: S2W-29454

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been referred to the appeal court in each of the last five years as a result of a wrongful conviction or charge arising from serious default on the part of a member of a police force or some other public authority.

Question reference: S2W-29453

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been referred to the appeal court in each of the last five years as a result of new or newly discovered facts that show, beyond reasonable doubt, that there has been a miscarriage of justice.