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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 17 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-13369

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 28 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many UK delegations to either formal or informal EU Council of Ministers meetings have been led by Scottish Executive ministers since 1 July 1999, specifying the date and subject of each of these meetings.

Question reference: S1W-13372

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 28 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings of technical committees and working parties of the EU Council of Ministers it has been informed about in advance by UKREP since 1 July 1999.

Question reference: S1W-13368

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 28 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many formal and informal meetings of the EU Council of Ministers it has been informed about in advance by departments of Her Majesty's Government since 1 July 1999, specifying the date and subject of each of these meetings.

Question reference: S1W-09961

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 20 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the outcome of the Opportunities and Choices consultation exercise on post-school provision for 16-18 year olds which closed in September 1999.

Question reference: S1W-07706

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 8 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has had with the Department of Media, Culture and Sport regarding the New Opportunities Fund in Scotland.

Question reference: S1O-02186

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 7 September 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are for access to higher education institutions of the recent problems within the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Question reference: S1W-08591

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 31 July 2000

To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will invite tenders from Scottish companies for the supply of Scottish tree and plant products for the soft landscaping of the Holyrood site of the Parliament.

Question reference: S1W-07705

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners died of hypothermia in each health board area in each year since 1992.

Question reference: S1O-02058

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 29 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received regarding the threshold set for the Scottish Graduate Endowment.

Question reference: S1W-07707

  • Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 22 June 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place to fund fourth year tuition fees for students from other parts of the UK studying at Scottish universities.