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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 4 July 2024
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Question reference: S2W-07990

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent on external consultancy in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Question reference: S2W-08060

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 19 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Rural Voices Action Research Competition will be repeated in the future and, if so, when.

Question reference: S2W-07989

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 May 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 18 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much each local authority spent on external consultancy in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Question reference: S2W-06739

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Inverness, (e) Dundee and (f) Stirling had an income of (i) up to #5,000 (ii) #5,001 - #7,500, (iii) #7,501 - #10,000, (iv) #10,001 - #15,000, (v) #15,001 - #20,000, (vi) #20,001 - #30,000, (vii) #30,001 - #35,000, (viii) #35,001 - #40,000 and (ix) #40,001 and over in each of the last six years for which information is available.

Question reference: S2W-06737

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women had an income of (i) up to #5,000, (ii) #5,001 - #7,500, (iii) #7,501 - #10,000, (iv) #10,001 - #15,000, (v) #15,001 - #20,000, (vi) #20,001 - #30,000, (vii) #30,001 - #35,000, (viii) #35,001 - #40,000 and (ix) #40,001 and over, in each of the last six years for which information is available.

Question reference: S2W-06738

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many men in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Inverness, (e) Dundee and (f) Stirling had an income of (i) up to #5,000 (ii) #5,001 - #7,500, (iii) #7,501 - #10,000, (iv) #10,001 - #15,000, (v) #15,001 - #20,000, (vi) #20,001 - #30,000, (vii) #30,001 - #35,000, (viii) #35,001 - #40,000 and (ix) #40,001 and over in each of the last six years for which information is available.

Question reference: S2W-06740

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many 65-year-olds had an income of (a) up to #5,000 (b) #5,001 - #7,500, (c) #7,501 - #10,000, (d) #10,001 - #15,000, (e) #15,001 - #20,000, (f) #20,001 - #30,000, (g) #30,001 - #35,000, (h) #35,001 - #40,000 and (i) #40,001 and over in each of the last six years for which information is available.

Question reference: S2W-07905

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 13 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the investigation by BEAR Scotland into drainage issues affecting the flooding situation on the A90 at Boddam, Aberdeenshire and, if so, what action it will take to address these issues.

Question reference: S2W-07883

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 12 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is for (a) 1979, (b) 1996-97 and (c) 2002-03 of the number of individual pensioners living in households with incomes below 60% of the median income after housing costs and, of these, how many were (i) men and (ii) women.

Question reference: S2W-07882

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of (a) male, (b) female and (c) full-time workers in (i) Scotland and (ii) each local authority area received hourly gross earnings, (1) including and (2) excluding overtime of below (A) #7.58, (B) #5.68 and (C) #4.20.