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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 25 November 2024
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Question reference: S2W-01350

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what performance points were accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock, broken down for each heading and subsection in Schedule F to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, for the quarter April to June 2003.

Question reference: S2W-01360

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-972 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, by what process members of the Judicial Appointments Board are appointed and who appoints them.

Question reference: S2W-01353

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid for its financial interest in Partnerships UK.

Question reference: S2W-01356

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-972 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, what the process would be if the Prime Minister did not accept one of the First Minister's nominations to fill the vacant office of (a) Lord President of the Court of Session and (b) Lord Justice Clerk.

Question reference: S2W-01352

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive in which of its projects Partnerships UK has been involved since the foundation of Partnerships UK.

Question reference: S2W-01357

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-972 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, whether it intends to establish the Judicial Appointments Board on a statutory basis.

Question reference: S2W-01358

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-972 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, for what period members of the Judicial Appointment Board are appointed.

Question reference: S2W-01359

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 29 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-972 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2003, what interests members of the Judicial Appointments Board are required to declare and whether any such declaration of interests is available for public examination.

Question reference: S2W-00111

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 21 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of drink-driving were reported to the procurator fiscal in each year since 1997, broken down by sheriff court district.

Question reference: S2W-00385

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 19 June 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will investigate the statement by Mr Colin Laverty in the April 2003 edition of the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland that, in a recent trial at Coatbridge District Court of a person charged with assault, the Procurator Fiscal failed to view videotape evidence before deciding in what court to try the case and before deciding to accept a guilty plea to a reduced charge