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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 21 December 2024
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Question reference: S3W-05057

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what local concessionary travel schemes that included people in receipt of the low rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance existed prior to the introduction of the national travel scheme in April 2006.

Question reference: S3W-05058

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in receipt of the low rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance since the introduction of the national concessionary travel scheme have lost their eligibility for concessionary travel.

Question reference: S3W-04739

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the options in the Mott MacDonald report, The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland, to reduce the number of control rooms from eight to three or less, it will confirm whether it intends that the existing level of control rooms should be retained.

Question reference: S3W-04740

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and return to a fire and rescue service-led proactive inspection process

Question reference: S3W-04741

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the process of self-regulation, whereby property owners and occupants are responsible for ensuring that non-domestic premises comply with fire safety legislation, contradicts the principle of community fire safety being the responsibility of the fire and rescue services.

Question reference: S3W-04738

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce the number of fire service control rooms.

Question reference: S3W-04742

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider returning to the fire and rescue services the responsibility for inspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislation.

Question reference: S3W-04842

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3799 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, when colorectal surgery will be relocated from the Western General Hospital to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Question reference: S3W-04849

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3802 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what changes to patient numbers are anticipated following the new proposed catchment areas for (a) St John’s Hospital, (b) the Western General Hospital and (c) the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Question reference: S3W-04846

  • Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3797 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what aspects of NHS Lothian’s Improving Care, Investing in Change plans have still to be implemented.