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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 1 July 2025
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Question reference: S3W-04851

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many delayed discharges there have been in each year since 2004, broken down by NHS board and also expressed as a percentage of total beds in each board.

Question reference: S3W-04513

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-941 by Stewart Stevenson on 13 June 2007, what progress has been made on the Scottish Government’s consultation on permitted development rights for microgeneration equipment and when its findings will be published.

Question reference: S3W-04563

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the final report of the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee.

Question reference: S3O-00726

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 27 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to relieve the housing debt of councils, such as Dundee, which are proposing to retain their housing stock within council management.

Question reference: S3W-01657

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive why there is a delay in national consistency checking for the 1,260 staff of NHS Tayside who have been assimilated on account and when this situation will be resolved.

Question reference: S3W-00794

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Johnstone on 18 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what plans it has to replace ordinary light bulbs in the Parliament building with energy saving bulbs.