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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 29 May 2025
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Question reference: S2W-29720

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there was any change in its policy guidance on unsupervised leave for restricted patients between the initial absconding of Mark Biggley from Ailsa Hospital in May 2006 and his subsequent absconding in September.

Question reference: S2W-29722

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28776 by Lewis Macdonald on 27 October 2006, when it expects NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Critical Incident Review to be completed and whether the review and the membership of the review group will be made public.

Question reference: S2W-29707

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking concerning Beatrice McGregor, an 80-year-old female non-restricted patient, who went missing from care at Ailsa Hospital on 31 October 2006.

Question reference: S2W-29448

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures are in place with regard to notifying the police of patients who have gone missing from NHS hospitals.

Question reference: S2W-29708

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider communicating an external inquiry into the management of NHS Ayrshire and Arran, in light of the number of patients who have gone missing this year from Ailsa Hospital.

Question reference: S2W-29222

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to address youth disorder.

Question reference: S2W-29223

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to demonstrate the effectiveness of its current and planned measures to combat youth disorder and crime.

Question reference: S2W-29425

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28879 by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006, whether it will publish a list of the professions involved in preparation of the risk management plan in relation to the care of restricted patient, Mark Biggley.

Question reference: S2W-29427

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, when determining unescorted leave by restricted patients, how risk to the public is measured by multi-disciplinary teams that do not include the police.

Question reference: S2W-29426

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28880 by Lewis Macdonald on 1 November 2006, why Strathclyde Police was not involved in determining the risk in granting restricted patient, Mark Biggley, unsupervised leave within the grounds of Ailsa Hospital, given that he had previously absconded.