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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 26 April 2025
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Question reference: S5W-08152

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many accidents there have been on the A92 between Dunfermline and Dundee in each year since 2007, broken down by (a) severity and (b) location.

Question reference: S5W-08041

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication in December 2015 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 – Consultation Analysis Report, whether it plans to (a) increase the length of sentence that would qualify for "rehabilitation" under the act from 30 months and (b) lower the rehabilitation periods for (i) alternatives to prosecution, (ii) non-custodial sentences and (iii) custodial sentences, and, if so, when it plans to do this.

Question reference: S5W-07189

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been released from prison in each of the last five years, broken down by the day of week of their release.

Question reference: S5W-07190

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 8 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the average length of time is for the conclusion of a fatal accident inquiry for deaths in prison.

Question reference: S5W-06129

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the minutes of the November 2016 meeting of the Scottish Crime Recording Board.

Question reference: S5W-06128

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Crime Recording Board will next meet and what issues will be discussed.

Question reference: S5W-06127

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on recording common assaults as an offence rather than a crime, and whether it plans to change this practice.

Question reference: S5W-06130

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Crime Recording Board will publish its response to the research that it commissioned regarding the additional analysis of common assault offences, which it referred to in Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2015-16.

Question reference: S5T-00340

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help victims of rape.

Question reference: S5W-05425

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government which of the projects reviewed by the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services in its report, Evaluation of Sixteen Women’s Community Justice Services in Scotland, have been mainstreamed.