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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 6 July 2025
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Question reference: S4W-19696

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many towns submitted bids for the Town Centre Housing Fund; how much each submitted, and how many homes will be affected.

Question reference: S4W-19704

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the Greener Homes Innovation Scheme and by which organisations, in each year since 2011; how many have been successful; how many homes there will be, and where they will be built.

Question reference: S4W-19699

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme funding has been spent.

Question reference: S4W-19705

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the Empty Homes Loan Fund and how many have been successful; how many homes have been brought back into use as a result, and how many are now occupied.

Question reference: S4W-19695

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many new homes local authorities have completed since May 2011; how many are being built, and how many are planned to be completed by the end of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S4W-19698

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it has allocated the Affordable Housing Supply Programme funding, broken down by (a) scheme and (b) amount.

Question reference: S4W-19907

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many men have undertaken a modern apprenticeship in (a) the health and caring sector, (b) tourism, (c) sport and leisure and (d) administration, business and management in each year since 2007, broken down by (i) geographical location and (ii) specific apprenticeship.

Question reference: S4W-19906

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many women have undertaken a modern apprenticeship in the (a) construction, (b) energy, (c) manufacturing and engineering, (d) transport and (e) sport and leisure industry in each year since 2007, broken down by (i) geographical location and (ii) specific apprenticeship.

Question reference: S4W-19646

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the Russian Consulate General (RCG); what issues were discussed; when it will next meet representatives of the RCG, and what issues it will discuss.

Question reference: S4W-19630

  • Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what appointments the Minister for External Affairs and International Development had on 4 February 2014, broken down by (a) the time each appointment was entered into his diary, (b) location and (c) who requested each appointment, and whether the minister sought to rearrange the timings or locations to accommodate parliamentary business.