Skip to main content

Language: English / Gàidhlig

Loading…

Chamber and committees

Questions and answers

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

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
Answer status
Question type
Clear search

Displaying 3059 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S1W-18893

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what Scotland's share of the Aggregates Tax Sustainability Fund will be and what it will be spent on.

Question reference: S1W-18894

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the use of the revenue from the Aggregates Tax Sustainability Fund will have in improving the environment.

Question reference: S1W-18889

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which further education colleges will benefit from the #15 million funding package announced by the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning on 3 October 2001 and how much each will receive.

Question reference: S1W-18897

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have enrolled in the (a) employment (b) full-time education and training, (c) voluntary sector and (d) environmental task force options of the New Deal for Young People since its inception, broken down by each unit of delivery.

Question reference: S1W-18892

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scotland's share of the Aggregates Tax Sustainability Fund will be ring fenced.

Question reference: S1W-18896

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have moved into unsubsidised employment directly from the Gateway stage since the scheme's inception, broken down by unit of delivery.

Question reference: S1W-18895

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of companies have taken on young people under the employment option of the New Deal for Young People since the New Deal's inception.

Question reference: S1W-18723

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the period of appointment is of the chairperson of the proposed Scottish Water.

Question reference: S1W-18728

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications were received for the recent vacancy of chairperson of the proposed Scottish Water.

Question reference: S1O-03933

  • Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has held any discussions with the Scottish Prison Service regarding its contract with Premier Prison Services to run Her Majesty's Prison, Kilmarnock.