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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 24 February 2026
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Question reference: S4W-14898

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the costs of back-filling for the Police Scotland (a) officers and (b) staff deployed at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland will be met in full and, if so, by whom.

Question reference: S4W-14904

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many armoured vehicles Police Scotland owns.

Question reference: S4W-14912

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can give that Police Scotland officers and staff deployed at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland will not be subject to litigation due to any lack of knowledge of Northern Irish law.

Question reference: S4W-14927

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 28 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the priority given to early years development in the National Gaelic Language Plan 2012-17, what plans it has to address the reported lack of qualified staff available for Gaelic pre-school education.

Question reference: S4O-02138

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what flexibility there is in the curriculum for excellence to reflect evolving situations in society.

Question reference: S4W-14582

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason arable land at Knocknagael is being sold for housing development rather than agricultural purposes.

Question reference: S4W-14393

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many freedom of information requests regarding its engagement with the Royal Family it has received in each year since 2007 and how many times the information was (a) released without objection, (b) released on review, (c) released following a decision by the Scottish Information Commissioner and (d) not released.

Question reference: S4O-02073

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the routine use of Gaelic across all its services.

Question reference: S4W-13985

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares were there at its farm at Beechwood in Inverness and to what agricultural use the land was put.

Question reference: S4W-13988

  • Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many employees at its farm at (a) Beechwood and (b) Knocknagael have (i) retired, (ii) resigned or (iii) been made redundant in each year since 2007.