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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-28856

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many inmates have died in each prison in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S4W-28866

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) homicides, (b) culpable homicides, (c) attempted homicides, (d) inmate-on-inmate assaults and (e) inmate-on-prison officer assaults have been recorded in each prison in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S4W-28865

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) deaths by suicide, (b) attempted suicides and (c) incidences of self-harm have been recorded in each prison in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S4W-28744

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of all expenditure (a) by the Scottish Prison Service and (b) on the prison estate in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-28829

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has cost to appoint a new Chief Constable and whether it will provide a breakdown of spending.

Question reference: S4O-05207

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4W-28743

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 15 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the budget for drug treatment and rehabilitation services has been in year since 2003.

Question reference: S4W-28746

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many qualified instructors have been employed by the Scottish Prison Service in each year since 2011, broken down by (a) prison and (b) specialist area.

Question reference: S4W-28750

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many officer instructors have been employed by the Scottish Prison Service in each year since 2011, broken down by prison.

Question reference: S4W-28745

  • Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much the Scottish Prison Service has spent on education (a) classes and (b) programmes in each year since 2011, broken down by prison.