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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: S2O-09442

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 30 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to support family businesses.

Question reference: S2W-24323

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fines were recovered by deductions from wages in each year since 1997 and what proportion these represented of the total number of fines imposed, broken down by sheriff court.

Question reference: S2W-24321

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fines were recovered by civil diligence in each year since 1997 and what proportion these represented of the total number of fines imposed, broken down by sheriff court.

Question reference: S2W-24322

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fines were recovered by deductions from benefits in each year since 1997 and what proportion these represented of the total number of fines imposed, broken down by sheriff court.

Question reference: S2W-24159

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost was of issuing and enforcing a means warrant in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-24160

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

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average value was of means warrants issued in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-23712

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many inmates who did not test positive for drugs upon entry to HM Prison Kilmarnock, tested positive for drugs when leaving, in each of the last seven years.

Question reference: S2W-23617

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what quantities of drugs has been recovered in prisons through the use of sniffer dogs in the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-23711

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young offenders have been held on remand in HM Prison Kilmarnock in each of the last seven years.

Question reference: S2W-23615

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many sniffer dogs are used in prisons to detect drugs.