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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 15 March 2025
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Question reference: S3W-31173

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned into the extent to which dealing with prisoners’ communication impairments reduces the rate of reoffending.

Question reference: S3W-31170

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28430 by Kenny MacAskill on 5 November 2009, what plans it has to increase the resources devoted to meeting the needs of (a) young, (b) adult male and (c) adult female prisoners with a communication impairment.

Question reference: S3W-31263

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30253 by Shona Robison on 26 January 2010 by what methods it is assessing the (a) positive and (b) negative impacts of the introduction of a Scotland-only screening programme for haemochromatosis.

Question reference: S3W-31264

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the introduction of (a) age and (b) gender-specific screening programmes for haemochromatosis.

Question reference: S3W-31261

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30253 by Shona Robison on 26 January 2010, what steps it is taking to identify the prevalence of haemochromatosis, broken down by (a) age group and (b) gender.

Question reference: S3W-31262

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many NHS boards haemochromatosis patients are treated with (a) venesection therapy and (b) phlebotomy in (i) hospital outpatient or community-based clinics and (ii) hospital wards.

Question reference: S3W-31265

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients being treated for haemochromatosis have been infected with (a) Clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA in each year since the introduction of monitoring for these infections.

Question reference: S3W-31022

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is of upgrading each (a) primary and (b) secondary school to the requirements of the Curriculum for Excellence, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S3W-31174

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has of a relationship between communication impairment and offending.

Question reference: S3W-31175

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 5 February 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has of a relationship between low levels of education, particularly poor literacy skills, and offending.