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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 25 March 2026
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Question reference: S1W-29471

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners in each prison currently have a mental illness requiring medical treatment.

Question reference: S1W-29470

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners had a mental illness requiring medical treatment in each prison as at 31 March in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S1W-29519

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Scottish Prison Service has taken to improve the recruitment and retention of nurses in prisons.

Question reference: S1W-29528

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides the facility for prison staff and drugs service providers to attend training courses together.

Question reference: S1W-29527

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) prevalence and (b) incidence of new cases of serious mental illness was in each prison in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S1W-29473

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any employees of the Scottish Prison Service are members of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Question reference: S1W-29482

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) prevalence and (b) incidence of new cases of blood-borne viruses was in each prison in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S1W-29480

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive who holds responsibility for public health in prisons.

Question reference: S1W-29479

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what requirements it places on the contractor, in its contract for medical services in prisons, for the retention of doctors experienced in prison medicine.

Question reference: S1W-29514

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive within what period a doctor must arrive when on call to a prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service.