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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 15 March 2025
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Question reference: S3W-27207

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the report The Food We Waste in Scotland, by WRAP Scotland, what steps being taken to increase the separate collection of organic waste from domestic premises.

Question reference: S3W-27206

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employers in the Kilmarnock travel-to-work area have registered for participation in the Scottish Government’s Adopt an Apprentice scheme; whether it is taking steps to increase this number, and, if so, what steps.

Question reference: S3W-27198

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on additional resources allocated by HM Treasury for flood risk management in England and Wales in each year since May 2007 and what the relevant Barnett consequentials have been for Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-27211

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total area is of blanket peat bog in or near favourable condition and what steps are being taken to increase this.

Question reference: S3W-27199

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been in establishing the Scottish Flood Forum and engaging with residents in identified flood risk areas in Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

Question reference: S3W-27201

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications have been made to courts for adoption orders in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-27203

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14765 by Jack McConnell on 4 April 2001, what change has taken place since April 2001 in the time taken to process applications for approval as prospective adoptive parents.

Question reference: S3W-27204

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14765 by Jack McConnell on 4 April 2001, what change has taken place since April 2001 in the proportion of looked-after children who secure a permanent home.

Question reference: S3W-27202

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to reduce administrative delays in the adoption system.

Question reference: S3W-27205

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank Mulholland on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 have been brought in Kilmarnock Sheriff Court in each year since 2005 and how many resulted in a successful prosecution.