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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 18 July 2025
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Question reference: S2W-29412

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been referred to the appeal court on the grounds of an alleged misdirection of a jury by a judge when summing-up in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-29109

  • 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 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring is in place in respect of prisoners’ bank accounts.

Question reference: S2W-29108

  • 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 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what average amount of money is placed in prisoners’ bank accounts by relatives and what maximum amount is allowed to be so placed in their accounts.

Question reference: S2W-29110

  • 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 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison wardens were (a) disciplined, (b) dismissed, (c) charged and (d) prosecuted for smuggling illicit items into prisons in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2000, (v) 2001, (vi) 2002, (vii) 2003, (viii) 2004 and (ix) 2005 and what the figures are for 2006.

Question reference: S2W-29107

  • 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 13 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many attacks were reported on prison wardens, 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 how many there have been in 2006.

Question reference: S2W-29111

  • 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 13 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the absence rates of prison wardens were 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 figures are for 2006.

Question reference: S2W-29112

  • 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 13 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the street value was of drugs seized in prisons, 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 figure is for 2006.

Question reference: S2W-29370

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on the advertising campaign to highlight the two-year anniversary of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004.

Question reference: S2W-29072

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on private care hire for transporting (a) patients and (b) medical notes in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-29302

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 9 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the average length of time taken between an appeal against an asylum application outcome being lodged and the case being (a) heard and (b) concluded.