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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 2 July 2024
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Question reference: S2W-31961

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Elish Angiolini on 5 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33051 by Elish Angiolini on 21 January 2003, what hourly rates and what grades are applied for staff when calculating the costs of individuals working in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service on projects and tasks.

Question reference: S2W-31925

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in reducing class sizes to 20 for S1 and S2 mathematics and English classes.

Question reference: S2W-31924

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 5 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of class sizes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are above the national average.

Question reference: S2W-31890

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people from ethnic minorities were recruited as (a) police officers and (b) special constables in each police force in each of the last five years and what percentage of the police workforce this represented in each case.

Question reference: S2W-31897

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences were committed by young people in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S2W-31895

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the 10 local authority areas with the (a) biggest and (b) smallest (i) reductions and (ii) increases in the number of (A) burglaries, (B) thefts of a motor vehicle, (C) thefts from a motor vehicle and (D) cases of criminal damage since 1996-97.

Question reference: S2W-31893

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid in bonuses to civil servants in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-31896

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of crime rates in (a) high and (b) low income communities in (i) the most recent period for which figures are available and (ii) 1996-97.

Question reference: S2W-31894

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average retirement age was of (a) female and (b) male police officers in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-31891

  • Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average age of police recruits was in each of the last five years.