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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 14 March 2025
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Question reference: S1W-26906

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 3 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to develop volunteering in the public sector in light of the report by Community Service Volunteers, The State of the Volunteering Nation.

Question reference: S1W-27253

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has agreed performance measures for 2002 for the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Question reference: S1W-26425

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 July 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what further action it is taking to address the mismatch effect as identified by Professor Arthur Midwinter in his report Grant Distribution and the Mismatch Effect: An Assessment of its Impact on Councils since Reorganisation.

Question reference: S1W-26733

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 27 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the Expert Working Group on Nutritional Standards will be published.

Question reference: S1W-26519

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities enforce penalties on improper use of parking bays for disabled people.

Question reference: S1W-26521

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to amend legislation in order to provide a simpler mechanism to allow enforcement of correct use of parking bays for disabled people.

Question reference: S1W-26520

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any duty on local authorities to enforce correct use of parking bays for disabled people.

Question reference: S1W-26518

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 20 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a report from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council on contract research staff and, if so, what the key findings of the report are; what follow-up action is planned, and whether the report will be published.

Question reference: S1W-26517

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 20 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SE5003/2001 of 10 December 2002, what difference the guidance to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council on contract research staff and the #500,000 funding for human resource management have made.

Question reference: S1W-26436

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 June 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether housing association tenants will still be liable for any rent arrears incurred during existing tenancy agreements when the new Scottish Secure Tenancy is implemented.