Questions and answers

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.

Question reference: S3W-10615

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lay members there are of school inspection teams.

Question reference: S3W-10616

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lay members of school inspection teams are in full-time employment.

Question reference: S3W-10141

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any ministers have met representatives of Babcocks and, if so, when the meetings were, who was present and what was discussed in each instance.

Question reference: S3W-10413

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many overnight stays in hotels have been charged for by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice since May 2007 and what the total cost of those stays was.

Question reference: S3W-10410

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many overnight stays in hotels have been charged for by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change since May 2007 and what the total cost of those stays was.

Question reference: S3W-10407

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many overnight stays in hotels have been charged for by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning since May 2007 and what the total cost of those stays was.

Question reference: S3W-10423

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many trips by (a) official ministerial car, (b) private hire car, (c) taxi and (d) train the First Minister took from May 2007 to January 2008.

Question reference: S3W-10429

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the First Minister’s private office has spent on hospitality since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-10424

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many trips by (a) official ministerial car, (b) private hire car, (c) taxi and (d) train the First Minister took from October 2007 to January 2008.

Question reference: S3W-10428

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the hospitality budget has been for the First Minister’s private office in each year since 1999.

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