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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 21 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-14447

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12259 by Susan Deacon on 6 March 2001, whether the #2,263,000 deficit incurred by South Glasgow University NHS Trust in 1999-2000 has impacted or will impact on patient care and staffing levels in the current and any future financial years and, if so, how.

Question reference: S1W-14450

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus MacKay on 6 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12051 by Angus MacKay on 8 February 2001, why the number of full-time staff it employs in North Lanarkshire fell from 660 in 1999 to 585 in 2000.

Question reference: S1W-14446

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12259 by Susan Deacon on 6 March 2001, whether the #8,706,000 deficit incurred by North Glasgow University NHS Trust in 1999-2000 has impacted or will impact on patient care and staffing levels in the current and any future financial years and, if so, how.

Question reference: S1W-14448

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13199 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 22 February 2001, what impact the reduction in grant to North of Scotland Water Authority from #24.4 million in 1996-97 to #1.2 million in 2001-02 will have on average domestic water and sewerage charges.

Question reference: S1W-14451

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8508 by Mr Tom McCabe on 30 August 2000, on how many occasions since 10 July 2000 it has asked back-bench MSPs to lodge parliamentary questions in order to enable it to make an announcement; whether it will provide a list of such questions, including the date on which they were lodged and the MSP who lodged them; and whether it can provide similar details of any inspired (a) oral and (b) First Minister's questions lodged since May 1999.

Question reference: S1W-14651

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 5 April 2001

To ask the Presiding Officer how many staff are currently employed by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and whether there are any plans to disperse any staff outwith Edinburgh.

Question reference: S1W-14433

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 5 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has set any target for returning derelict and vacant land to productive use.

Question reference: S1W-14410

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time was for an elderly person to receive a residential care place in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S1W-14408

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 5 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many renal consultants were employed by head count and by full-time equivalent in each of the last three years, broken down by health board.

Question reference: S1W-14407

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 5 April 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why Scottish economic growth rates have failed to match UK growth rates in recent years.