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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 19 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-06091

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 20 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take into account the views of the Scottish Low Pay Unit in any consideration of the best way to encourage socially excluded people into employment.

Question reference: S1W-05915

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 17 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many council houses have been built in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-05912

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 17 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to assist the film industry.

Question reference: S1W-05913

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 17 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the proportion of registered disabled people is as (a) a percentage of the population and (b) a percentage of the workforce, in each local authority area, for the last year in which figures are available, and what steps it is taking to increase employment of registered disabled people by local authorities.

Question reference: S1W-05927

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 17 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to assess the impact of sport on reducing social exclusion.

Question reference: S1W-03258

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve survival rates for men suffering from prostate cancer.

Question reference: S1W-03561

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 14 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of radiology equipment in each of Scotland's health boards is more than ten years old and what the time scale is for replacing such equipment.

Question reference: S1W-05392

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 13 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on private sector housing grants in each of the last four years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S1W-05779

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why it has not yet given substantive answers to questions S1W-1518, S1W-2429, S1W-2433, S1W-2603, S1W-3258, S1W-3259, S1W-3383, S1W-3384, S1W-3804 and S1W-3807, all lodged between 13 September 1999 and 18 January 2000 and when it will answer these questions.

Question reference: S1W-05782

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes fell into each council tax property band in (a) the first year of its introduction and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.