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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 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S1W-20391

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 10 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what methods are available for relevant officials from enterprise agencies to have access to the Disney Management Programme other than by attending in person.

Question reference: S1W-20390

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 10 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what relevance the Disney Management Programme has to the Scottish Borders tourist industry.

Question reference: S1W-19097

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community placements were available for women prisoners in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001 to date, expressed also as a percentage of those imprisoned.

Question reference: S1W-20330

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8916 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 August 2000, what the current ratio is of prisoners to uniformed staff in the Scottish Prison Service, broken down by establishment.

Question reference: S1W-20328

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10762 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000, what financial allocation was made (a) in total and (b) to each local authority for criminal justice social work in 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-20329

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the staff turnover has been at each Scottish Prison Service prison in (a) 2000-01 and (b) to date in the current year.

Question reference: S1W-20326

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11578 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 December 2000, whether data is now collected on the prevalence of speech and language difficulties among the prison population and, if so, what data has been collected.

Question reference: S1W-20327

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7645 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 September 2000, what the average daily population of penal establishments is projected to be in each of the next three financial years, broken down into (a) privately operated penal establishments, (b) Scottish Prison Service establishments and (c) legalised police cells.

Question reference: S1W-20331

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5082 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 September 2000, how many children under the age of 16 were held in each adult prison for less than (a) 24 hours and (b) 48 hours, (c) up to seven days and (d) more than seven days in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) to date this year.

Question reference: S1W-20319

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of prison inmates received alcohol counselling and rehabilitation in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) to date this year.