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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 6 July 2024
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Question reference: S2W-17973

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-17972

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list primary schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-17940

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of cases of (a) shoplifting, (b) domestic burglary, (c) non-domestic burglary, (d) theft from motor vehicle, (e) robbery, (f) fraud, (g) theft of motor vehicle, (h) stranger and acquaintance violence, (i) mugging, (j) murder, (k) culpable homicide and (l) deaths caused by driving have taken place when motivated by drug use in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Question reference: S2W-17907

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average bed occupancy rate was of each acute hospital in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-17830

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many young people were not in employment, education or training, broken down by (a) constituency and (b) local authority (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of each age group ranked in descending order and grouped by region, in the last year for which figures are available.

Question reference: S2W-17573

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft have been recorded and on how many occasions computer systems (i) within and (ii) outwith the Executive have been illegally accessed by computer hackers in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-17981

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many elective admissions there were for (a) MRI scans and (b) CT scans in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-17982

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent NHS vacancies there were for (i) diagnostic and (ii) therapeutic radiographers in each year since 1997 in total and broken down into positions vacant for (1) less than three, (2) three to six, (3) six to nine, (4) nine to 12, (5) 12 to 15, (6) 15 to 18 and (7) over 18 months.

Question reference: S2W-17977

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, people (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital were malnourished in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age.

Question reference: S2W-17980

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2005
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) Scottish residents were referred for treatment in English hospitals and (b) English residents were referred for treatment in Scottish hospitals in each year since 1999.