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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 3 September 2024
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Question reference: S1W-27423

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 5 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of its staff are involved in planning for possible future constitutional changes.

Question reference: S1W-27342

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 1 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on private sector housing grants in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S1W-27339

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24724 by Ms Margaret Curran on 20 May 2002, what the administrative costs were of each of the social inclusion partnerships listed for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

Question reference: S1W-27338

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 August 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which social inclusion partnerships (a) underspent and (b) overspent their budgets in 2001-02 and by how much.

Question reference: S1W-26837

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering any legislation to tackle anti-social behaviour of residents who are not tenants.

Question reference: S1W-27344

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to submit the next recommendations of the Housing Improvement Task Force to any other body prior to publication.

Question reference: S1W-27343

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 11 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the next recommendations of the Housing Improvement Task Force will be made to it and when these recommendations will be published.

Question reference: S1W-26872

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 9 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the Housing Benefit (Withholding of Payment) Bill will have on the provision of social rented housing.

Question reference: S1W-26459

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities fund independent living services or jointly fund care packages under the Independent Living Fund and how many such packages have been funded in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S1W-26295

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has had with, and representations it has had from, Glasgow Airport and the appropriate air traffic control authority in regard to the proposed wind farm at Whitelees and what the outcome was of any such consultations and representations.