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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 January 2025
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Question reference: S1W-21940

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 30 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SE 4012/2001 of 19 September 2001, whether it will allocate any of the #101.9 million end-year flexibility award for education to the Scottish Borders Council education budget, in light of any further cuts to that budget being considered by the council.

Question reference: S1W-20334

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what valuation was received for the former HM Prison Dungavel prior to its being offered for sale and what the final sale price was.

Question reference: S1W-20333

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what valuation was received for the former HM Prison Penninghame prior to its first being offered for sale; what offers were received by the first deadline; why none of the offers received were accepted; what offers were received the second time the prison was offered for sale, and what the final sale price was.

Question reference: S1W-21534

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20622 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 28 December 2001 and with regard to her letter to me of 1 January 2002, how many members of staff are now employed by the call centre company at Claridge Mill in Selkirk.

Question reference: S1W-21537

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning and to its news release SE0357/2001 on 14 February 2001, how many jobs are projected in total to be created at the contact centre at Claridge Mill in Selkirk.

Question reference: S1W-21536

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, whether the sums of #670,000, #7,020 and #3,000 from Scottish Enterprise Borders represent the total public funding allocated from all sources to the call centre company at Claridge Mill in Selkirk.

Question reference: S1W-21533

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17558 by Angus MacKay on 13 September 2000, how much has been (a) claimed by and (b) paid to Scottish Borders Council under the Bellwin scheme following heavy snowfalls in February 2001 and what the reasons are for any difference between the two amounts.

Question reference: S1W-21541

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the letter to me of 1 January 2002 from the Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning and to its news release SE0357/2001 on 14 February 2001, what the source was for estimates of the number of jobs to be created at the call centre at Claridge Mill, Selkirk.

Question reference: S1W-20332

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7101 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 June 2000, how many (a) officers and (b) other staff the Scottish Prison Service has been notified currently receive Working Families Tax Credit.

Question reference: S1W-20314

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison officers (a) in total and (b) at each Scottish Prison Service prison left the service in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000, (iii) 2000-01 and (iv) to date this year, broken down by those aged (1) under 35 and (2) over 35.