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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 26 November 2024
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Question reference: S3W-02601

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 9 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering allowing local authorities to designate socially-rented houses in the public sector as key workers’ houses.

Question reference: S3W-02010

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 9 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school classes had 25 or more pupils in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-02301

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid to police informants in respect of information involving political parties each year since 1997, broken down by constabulary.

Question reference: S3W-02302

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions have resulted from information passed to police forces by paid informants, expressed as a percentage of the total number of convictions in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S3W-02034

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 7 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all overseas engagements carried out by ministers in each year since 2002 and the costs of each visit.

Question reference: S3W-02002

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to students in part-time education at further education colleges in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S3W-02375

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many referrals there were to residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and identifying each facility.

Question reference: S3W-02004

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic (a) fatalities and (b) injuries there have been (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) so far this year, broken down by (A) police force area and (B) parliamentary region, expressed also as a percentage of all road traffic accidents and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Question reference: S3W-01918

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 1 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how mortality rates per 100,000 population from (a) coronary heart disease, (b) strokes, (c) diabetes, (d) cancer, (e) smoking-related illnesses and (f) alcohol-related illnesses in the Scottish Borders compared with the Scottish average in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S3W-02028

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many failure to appear warrants have been issued in each of the last five years, broken down by sheriff court district.