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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 21 July 2024
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Question reference: S3W-12785

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public sector restructuring schemes have led to employees being made compulsorily redundant in each year since 1999, broken down by sector, organisation and number of employees affected.

Question reference: S3W-12784

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what communications or discussions have taken place since May 2007 between it and the Scottish Funding Council on the funding of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Question reference: S3W-12786

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of teaching staff in higher education are employed on term-time only contracts.

Question reference: S3W-09698

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what ministerial visits have been undertaken by Scottish ministers in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency since 17 May 2007, broken down by portfolio, venue and date, and which other MSPs or ministers were in attendance at each such event.

Question reference: S3W-11931

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it is issuing to the courts on the use of structured deferred sentences.

Question reference: S3W-11933

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether offenders subject to structured deferred sentences who fail to keep appointments or to follow any direction within the sentencing scheme will be referred back to court.

Question reference: S3W-11911

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S3W-9698 which received a holding answer on 7 March 2008.

Question reference: S3W-11934

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what categories of offenders can be subject to structured deferred sentences.

Question reference: S3W-11932

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any guidance it provides on the use of structured deferred sentences is available to MSPs.

Question reference: S3W-11261

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the budgets of (a) police forces and (b) the Scottish Police Services Authority was spent on DNA testing in months (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) nine of 2007-08.