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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 2 September 2024
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Question reference: S1W-20046

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been granted to the Befriending Network (Scotland) since May 1999.

Question reference: S1W-20047

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the benefits are of the befriending and mentoring services offered by the member organisations of Befriending Network (Scotland) and whether it has any plans to ensure the continuation of this umbrella organisation.

Question reference: S1W-20048

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has carried out into the benefits of befriending and mentoring and whether it has a strategy to ensure the future of befriending and mentoring in the voluntary sector.

Question reference: S1W-20041

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for legal aid in relation to custody/access cases were made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board and how many were granted (a) where both parties were awarded legal aid, (b) where only the party pursuing the access/custody award or variation was awarded legal aid and (c) where only the party resisting the claim for increased access/custody was awarded legal aid, in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S1W-20043

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases legal aid was awarded in respect of applications to vary existing custody/access arrangements in each of the past three years and what procedure the Scottish Legal Aid Board has in place to prevent the use of legal aid to pursue vexatious claims for variations of existing custody/access arrangements.

Question reference: S1W-20042

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment the Scottish Legal Aid Board makes of the impact on the child or children involved of granting legal aid to one party, and not to the other party, in custody/access cases.

Question reference: S1W-20063

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether prison visitors to prisons run by private companies are subject to fingerprinting and/or photographic records being taken.

Question reference: S1W-20066

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether employees of local authorities who carry out duties within Dungavel Detention Centre have been subject to fingerprinting and/or photographic records being taken.

Question reference: S1W-20045

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to the public purse of resolving custody/access cases in each of the last three years including (a) payments made by the legal aid board, (b) the administrative costs incurred by the board in processing these payments and (c) the costs borne by the courts' administration in hearing the cases.

Question reference: S1W-20044

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what alternative conflict resolution procedures are available to assist parties to custody/access disputes to reach agreement without recourse to the courts and how many cases were diverted from court proceedings through reference to such procedures in each of the last three years.