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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

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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 27 November 2024
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Question reference: S2W-28733

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was made available to Scottish Borders Council from the Rural Transport Fund in each financial year since 1999-2000 and how much will be made available for 2007-08 and any future years for which figures are known.

Question reference: S2W-27953

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial visits to the Scottish Borders are (a) scheduled and (b) under consideration to take place prior to the 2007 dissolution of the Parliament by the (i) Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, (ii) Deputy Minister for Education and Young People, (iii) Minister for Environment and Rural Development, (iv) Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform and Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business and (v) Minister for Transport.

Question reference: S2W-27954

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 18 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial visits to the Scottish Borders have been made in each year since 1999 by (a) Robert Brown MSP, (b) Ross Finnie MSP, (c) George Lyon MSP, (d) Euan Robson MSP, (e) Tavish Scott MSP, (f) Iain Smith MSP, (g) Nicol Stephen MSP and Jim Wallace MSP.

Question reference: S2W-28424

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total amount of inward investment has been in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) each local authority area in each year since 1996, expressed also on a per capita basis.

Question reference: S2W-28281

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many retail shop closures there have been in the Scottish Borders in each year since 1999 and what the estimated year-on-year economic losses have been to local communities as a result of these closures.

Question reference: S2W-28287

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many economic task forces it has established in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-28292

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many retail shop closures there have been in East Lothian in each year since 1999 and what the estimated year-on-year economic losses have been to local communities as a result of these closures.

Question reference: S2W-28295

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies there have been in East Lothian since January 1998.

Question reference: S2W-28290

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been paid by Scottish Enterprise Borders and its predecessor organisations directly to local firms in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-28284

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many redundancies there have been in the Scottish Borders since January 1998.