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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 24 November 2024
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Question reference: S3W-03508

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults were reported in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) police board area.

Question reference: S3W-03481

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of heroin addiction, broken down by age group, and what comparative information it has for (a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) each EU member state and (c) each OECD nation.

Question reference: S3W-03093

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals have been convicted of being involved in the supply of illegal drugs in each year since 1970 and what proportion served a custodial sentence after conviction.

Question reference: S3W-03086

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many drugs-related deaths there have been in each year since 1970, broken down by class and type of substance.

Question reference: S3W-03492

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it or any of its agencies has had with Westminster’s Intelligence and Security Committee regarding the committee’s inquiry into allegations of extraordinary rendition.

Question reference: S3W-03493

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact any Scottish police force has had with Westminster’s Intelligence and Security Committee regarding the committee’s inquiry into allegations of extraordinary rendition.

Question reference: S3W-03480

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of alcoholism, broken down by age group, and what comparative information it has for (a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) each EU member state and (c) each OECD nation.

Question reference: S3W-03482

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence was of poverty in (a) 1960, (b) 1970, (c) 1980, (d) 1990, (e) 2000 and (f) the most recent year for which figures are available and what comparative information it has for (i) the United Kingdom as a whole, (ii) each EU member state and (iii) each OECD nation.

Question reference: S3W-02647

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population lived in (a) an owned property and (b) a council house in (i) 1950, (ii) 1960, (iii) 1970, (iv) 1980, (v) 1990, (vi) 2000 and (vii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Question reference: S3W-02876

  • Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 29 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the total value of the housing stock to be, broken down into (a) privately owned homes, (b) council owned homes and (c) housing association homes.