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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 25 November 2024
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Question reference: S1W-05906

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 22 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to firms awarded more than #1 million public assistance since 1 April 1989, how many jobs were promised by the inward investor in each case; how many jobs were created at the time of the highest development of the project in each case; how many jobs existed in each companies at 1 April 2000; what the length of stay in Scotland was in each case, and how many of these companies left Scotland after initially locating there.

Question reference: S1W-05914

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 22 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the capital investment in council housing was in real terms in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-06244

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much housing capital borrowing consent was given to Glasgow in each year from 1990-91 to 1999-2000 inclusive in real terms.

Question reference: S1W-06293

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 19 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it will take to train to an acceptable standard the 3,000 additional workers needed to carry out the modernisation of stock following the proposed Glasgow housing stock transfer; who will carry out the necessary training; how this training will be funded and by whom, and when the recruitment and training of these additional workers will commence.

Question reference: S1W-06613

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many retailers were prosecuted in Scotland under the Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 in the period 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 and how this compares with the equivalent figure for England and Wales.

Question reference: S1W-06505

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for cardiac operations in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area (a) under the NHSiS and (b) privately for operations deemed urgent and non-urgent.

Question reference: S1W-06504

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 17 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of local authority revenue expenditure came from (a) council tax, (b) non-domestic rate income, (c) specific grants, (d) revenue support grant and (e) any other sources for the years 1996-97 to 1999-2000 inclusive and what the percentages will be in 2000-01.

Question reference: S1W-05150

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, for the years 1997-99, why the percentage of accident and emergency patients (a) triaged within five minutes and (b) seen by a doctor within 90 minutes decreased significantly, and why the median waiting times (i) to see a doctor; (ii) for completion of treatment increased significantly, and what steps it proposes to address these trends.

Question reference: S1W-06292

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 17 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what analysis has been undertaken of the skills mix required of the 3,000 additional workers required to carry out the modernisation of stock following the proposed Glasgow housing stock transfer.

Question reference: S1W-06291

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 17 May 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the Deloitte & Touche Scottish Chambers Business Survey report that the construction industry in the first quarter of 2000 operated at 85.7% capacity and 60% of employers had difficulties recruiting staff, particularly skilled manual workers, and what action it is taking to address this situation.