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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 23 November 2024
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Question reference: S1W-15694

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison chaplains were appointed on temporary contracts in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.

Question reference: S1W-15952

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 6 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the delay in allocating community empowerment funding in the current financial year to Pathfinder and area-based social inclusion partnerships and when this funding will be allocated.

Question reference: S1W-14888

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 30 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to bring forward a national strategy for respiratory disease.

Question reference: S1W-15708

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many notices were served by local authorities on the owners of buildings under section 11(2) of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.

Question reference: S1W-15625

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 May 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 18 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the revised 5-14 Guidelines for modern languages.

Question reference: S1W-14912

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its review of the Scottish Prison Service chaplaincy service; what level of consultation took place during this review, and which churches were involved in the review.

Question reference: S1O-03350

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of the Prison Officers' Association Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-14920

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the wage structure for prison officers within Kilmarnock prison during 2000 and 2001.

Question reference: S1W-14911

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS Trusts currently provide continuous hyperfactionated accelerated radiotherapy and whether this treatment will be made more widely available.

Question reference: S1W-14913

  • Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding has been provided to the Scottish Prison Service chaplaincy service in each of the last three years, broken down by prison.