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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 19 May 2025
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Question reference: S4W-13622

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many police support staff there were in (a) each police force, (b) the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency and (c) the Scottish Police Services Authority on 31 December 2012.

Question reference: S4O-01923

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what strategic assessment it has carried out of the security needs of and threats faced by an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-13232

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the UK Government to discuss the Department of Work and Pensions' Work Programme.

Question reference: S4W-13233

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions took place regarding the Department of Work and Pensions' Work Programme at the Scottish Employability Forum on 31 January 2013.

Question reference: S4W-13234

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency who are on the Department of Work and Pensions' Work Programme have (a) applied for and (b) been granted funding from the local authority Skills Development and Employability Service.

Question reference: S4W-13366

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken since June 2012 to (a) strengthen the licensing scheme for metal and (b) ban payment of cash in exchange for scrap metal, and what further action is planned.

Question reference: S4W-13042

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints were received from prisoners regarding their healthcare in each year between 2007 and November 2011, broken down by prison.

Question reference: S4W-13043

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been received from prisoners regarding their healthcare since November 2011, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S4F-01234

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2013

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will clarify the current relationship between the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-11379

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what ministerial visits have been carried out in (a) Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, (b) Ayr, (c) East Lothian, (d) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, (e) Galloway and West Dumfries, (f) Dumfriesshire, (g) Clydesdale, (h) Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and (i) Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale since May 2011.