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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 22 July 2024
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Question reference: S2W-06285

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 10 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have taken place in respect of the possible displacement of individuals and properties as a result of the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and what procedures are in place in respect of offering compensation and relocation for any such displacements.

Question reference: S2W-06092

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Euan Robson on 27 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to promote "Spring Day in Europe 2004" in Scottish schools and how many schools have registered for the initiative.

Question reference: S2W-06107

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 24 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been, or will be, any discussions with Her Majesty's Government in respect of the honours system and, if so, whether there are any plans to enable Scotland to develop its own honours system.

Question reference: S2W-05934

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25157 by Dr Richard Simpson on 1 May 2002, whether it will provide information on the source of referral recorded by new individual patients attending specialist drug services and reported to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database in (a) the current year and (b) each year since 2001-02.

Question reference: S2W-05898

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive when the study into the impact of EU enlargement on Scotland, referred to by the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services at the meeting of the European Committee on 4 March 2003, was completed; what the key findings of the study were, and to whom it was made available.

Question reference: S2W-05894

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3403 by Mr Andy Kerr on 8 December 2003, how many of the working groups that took place in each of the years referred to had devolved matters on their agenda.

Question reference: S2W-05589

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for public transport in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) region and expressed also on a per capita basis.

Question reference: S2W-04590

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual throughput was in each neonatal unit in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S2W-05897

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 10 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to create a centralised database of 'oological collections and, if so, whether such a database will be updated annually in order to measure the numbers and species of animals held in these collections, including their conservation status and the level of threat of extinction posed to species.

Question reference: S2W-05896

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 February 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding for general medical services for (a) cash-limited and (b) non-cash-limited expenditure was allocated to each NHS board in (i) the current year and (ii) each of the last three years, expressed also per capita, giving any projected or actual overspends and underspends in each case.